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'A love story bounded by the extremes of loss and desire, 'The Singing' tells the story of two people who fail each other in the ravages of illness. Years later they remain haunted by what they were unable to hold onto, and struggle to find a way to resolve the past.' (Synopsis)
Notes
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Dedication: For Alice M.
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Epigraph: The public would say that a novel devoted to influenza lacked plot; they would complain that there was no love in it - wrongly however for illness often takes on the guise of love, and plays the same old tricks. (Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille.
- Also large print.
Works about this Work
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Real Life?
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 182 2006; (p. 64-67)
— Review of The Marriage of the Sea 2003 single work novel ; The Singing 2005 single work novel ; Black Diamonds and Dust 2005 single work novel ; The Gift of Speed 2004 single work novel ; Another 2004 single work novel ; The Remarkable Resurrection of Lazaros X 2004 single work autobiography ; The Lost Tribe 2005 single work novel ; Chronicle of the Unsung 2004 single work autobiography ; Integrity 2004 single work novel ; Blueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe 2004 single work novella ; Scraps of Heaven 2004 single work novel -
Untitled
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Summer no. 1 2005; (p. 54)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel -
The Year's Work in Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 56-67) Shortlisted books for the 2004-2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award. -
Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 102 2005; (p. 78-79)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel -
[Review] The Singing
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: API Review of Books , September no. 37 2005;
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel
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Looking Out and in at the Power of the Past
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 May 2005; (p. 5)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel ; The Rose Notes : A Novel 2005 single work novel -
Talent Lurks Behind All the Imagery
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 May 2005; (p. 14)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel -
Australian Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 May vol. 123 no. 6472 2005; (p. 69)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel ; Vincenzo's Garden 2005 selected work short story ; The Marsh Birds 2005 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 June 2005; (p. 26)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel -
One Another's Underworld
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 273 2005; (p. 14-15)
— Review of The Singing 2005 single work novel ; The Patron Saint of Eels 2005 single work novel -
The Year's Work in Fiction
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 56-67) Shortlisted books for the 2004-2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Awards
- 2006 special commendation Kathleen Mitchell Literary Award
- 2006 joint winner The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
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