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'The year is 1836. English clergyman William Yates sets sail from London, bound for the mission fields of northern New Zealand. Caught up in a mesmerising love affair that will test the imagination of everyone on board, he is utterly transformed. Against the riveting backdrop of a four-month sea voyage and the vividly imagined society of the ship, the story of Yates unfolds, drawing together the inarticulate hopes of the cabin passengers, the immigrant families of steerage and the raw men and boys of the crew. On landfall at Sydney, camaraderie gives way to treachery and the tight world of the ship breaks apart. Everyone is implicated in the scandal that grips the colonial town, yet it is Yates alone who stands to lose not only his reputation but also his life. Based on a true story, Slow Water is a poised and elegant novel of the highest order with its commitment to historical accuracy exquisitely balanced by its modern attention to eroticism and narrative suspense.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Wellington UP).
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Dedication: For Lee.
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Sound recording available.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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An Interview with Annamarie Jagose
Madeleine Byrne
(interviewer),
2004
single work
interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 130-131) -
Bookmarks
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2004; (p. 6) A column canvassing current literary news -
Six Prizes but Only One Award
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Three Dog Night 2003 single work novel ; Slow Water 2003 single work novel ; Seven Types of Ambiguity 2003 single work novel ; My Life as a Fake 2003 single work novel ; The Great Fire 2003 single work novel ; Elizabeth Costello : Eight Lessons 2003 single work novel Knox reviews each of the six novels nominated for the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award. -
Literary Names Give Award Fresh Life
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 April 2004; (p. 15) -
Love in the Time of Damnation
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Slow Water 2003 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2003 single work novel ; The Girl in the Golden House 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel
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All at Sea on a Voyage Over Troubled Waters
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 June 2003; (p. 20)
— Review of Slow Water 2003 single work novel -
Sensual Tale of a Slow Boat to Sydney
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 June 2003; (p. 5)
— Review of Slow Water 2003 single work novel -
Love in the Time of Damnation
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2003; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Slow Water 2003 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2003 single work novel ; The Girl in the Golden House 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel 2003 single work novel -
Six Prizes but Only One Award
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2004; (p. 14)
— Review of Three Dog Night 2003 single work novel ; Slow Water 2003 single work novel ; Seven Types of Ambiguity 2003 single work novel ; My Life as a Fake 2003 single work novel ; The Great Fire 2003 single work novel ; Elizabeth Costello : Eight Lessons 2003 single work novel Knox reviews each of the six novels nominated for the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award. -
Raised with a Love of Storytelling
2003
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 June 2003; (p. 3a) -
Literary Names Give Award Fresh Life
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 April 2004; (p. 15) -
Bookmarks
2004
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2004; (p. 6) A column canvassing current literary news -
An Interview with Annamarie Jagose
Madeleine Byrne
(interviewer),
2004
single work
interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 130-131)
Awards
- 2004 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Fiction
- 2004 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1836