AustLit logo

AustLit

y separately published work icon The Rose Grower single work   novel   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Rose Grower
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'The balloon had drifted over a wooded ridge and into their valley. The farmworkers, straightening up one by one, shaded their eyes against the dazzle of the sun on crimson and blue silk. The thing hung in the sky - sumptuous, menacing - like a sign from God or the devil. Then there was thunder and fire, and a man plummeting earthwards. It was the 14th of July. The world was about to change.

'The timeless story of Sophie nursing the ambition to create a repeat-flowering crimson rose, the like of which has never been seen in Europe. Then Stephen, the American balloonist falling out of the sky and into Sophie's life - a love story that unfolds against the sensuous green landscape of Gascony. It is the 14th of July, the year is 1789 and revolution hangs in the air closing in on the private world of the Saint-Pierre family and threatening to change their world forever.'

– Publisher's website

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House , 1999 .
      Extent: 323p.
      ISBN: 0553381210
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Vintage UK ,       2000 .
      Extent: 224p.
      ISBN: 0099284057 (pbk.)
    • New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Bantam Books ,       2001 .
      Extent: 323p.
      ISBN: 0553381210
Alternative title: Die Rosenzüchterin von Montsignac
Language: German
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Works about this Work

First Voice : Michelle de Kretser Reflects on the Inspiration Behind Her First Novel Michelle De Kretser , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2005; (p. A2)
The Beauty and the Menace Barry Scott (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 63 no. 2 2004; (p. 97-107) Barry Scott talks to Michelle De Kretser about Sri Lanka and the writing of fiction.
Haunted by History's Ghosts Bron Sibree , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 April 2003; (p. 1a-2a)
Australia, South Asia, and Self-Inflicted Otherness Alison Broinowski , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: CRNLE Journal 2000; (p. 164-170) The author examines Asia-Australia relationships between 1997 and 2000, noting changing political attitudes of the times. She compares Asian attitudes towards Australia at the time of the East Timor crisis with those observed in the fiction of the Asian diaspora in Australia.
Evocative and Gently Haunting Nick Prescott , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: CRNLE Journal 2000; (p. 96-97)
— Review of The Rose Grower Michelle De Kretser , 1999 single work novel
Sex and Other Catastrophes Judith White , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin (The Book Bulletin) , 23 November vol. 117 no. 6201 1999; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Neap Tide Dorothy Hewett , 1999 single work novel ; Modern Men Don't Shift Fridges Meg Stewart , 1999 single work novel ; The Rose Grower Michelle De Kretser , 1999 single work novel ; Pieces of a Girl Charlotte Wood , 1999 single work novel ; Miles Walker, You're Dead Linda Jaivin , 1999 single work novel ; Innocents Cathy Coote , 1999 single work novel
On Tumult's Periphery Stella Clarke , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 October 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of The Rose Grower Michelle De Kretser , 1999 single work novel
Roses and Revolution Cath Kenneally , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 October 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of The Rose Grower Michelle De Kretser , 1999 single work novel
The Garden to the Guillotine Thuy On , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 October 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of The Rose Grower Michelle De Kretser , 1999 single work novel ; Flipside Jane Freeman , 1999 single work novel
Blossoming First Novels Dewi Anggraeni , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 November 1999; (p. 22)
— Review of The Rose Grower Michelle De Kretser , 1999 single work novel
Haunted by History's Ghosts Bron Sibree , 2003 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 April 2003; (p. 1a-2a)
The Beauty and the Menace Barry Scott (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 63 no. 2 2004; (p. 97-107) Barry Scott talks to Michelle De Kretser about Sri Lanka and the writing of fiction.
First Voice : Michelle de Kretser Reflects on the Inspiration Behind Her First Novel Michelle De Kretser , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2005; (p. A2)
Novelist in Bloom Stella Clarke , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 October 1999; (p. 10)
Australia, South Asia, and Self-Inflicted Otherness Alison Broinowski , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: CRNLE Journal 2000; (p. 164-170) The author examines Asia-Australia relationships between 1997 and 2000, noting changing political attitudes of the times. She compares Asian attitudes towards Australia at the time of the East Timor crisis with those observed in the fiction of the Asian diaspora in Australia.
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (18)

Awards

VIEW ALL AWARDS (1)
Last amended 11 Jun 2020 14:02:17
Subjects:
Settings:
  • c
    France,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1790s
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X