Five bells
By: Gail Jones
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: North Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781864710601; 9781846554025
Subjects: Life change events; Fiction; Roman; Englisch
Other titles: Five bells : four individuals, one radiant Sydney day; 5 bells
Description: On a radiant day in Sydney, four adults converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Each carries a childhood and a complicated history from elsewhere; each is haunted by past intimacies, secrets and guilt: Ellie is preoccupied by her sexual experiences as a girl, James by a tragedy for which he feels responsible, Catherine by the loss of her beloved brother in Dublin and Pei Xing by her imprisonment during China's Cultural Revolution. All are compelling figures with distinctively fascinating stories.