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'The Sunken Road is many roads, taking different paths through the terrain of a life, a family, a history and a region. It is a road called Loss, a road called Secrets, a road called Love—and a road called Sunken. Lyrical, expansive and profoundly moving, this is a novel like no other.
'The town of Pandowie in the mid-north of South Australia has been shaped for generations by two families, the Isons and the Showalters. At their conjunction lies a tragedy that cannot be glimpsed directly but sits at the centre of Anna Tolley’s long life, pulling at her past and future. Anna’s story and all her secrets are exposed through a series of prisms, drawing themes and connections from her life and her surroundings, each revealing a different facet and combining into a tender and devastating whole.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Ligature ed.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Books Books Books
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 27 , April 1998; (p. 3)
— Review of Black Ice 1997 single work novel ; The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 May 1997; (p. wkd 7)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Discovering Garry Disher's Country
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 2 March 1996; (p. 8-10) -
Crossed Lives
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Pick of the Month
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , March vol. 75 no. 1067 1996; (p. 22)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel
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Books Books Books
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Scratch Pad 27 , April 1998; (p. 3)
— Review of Black Ice 1997 single work novel ; The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Song Circles from a Country Town
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 2 March 1996; (p. 8)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Tapestry of Themes
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 23 March 1996; (p. 11)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Symbols of Betrayal
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 March 1996; (p. 9)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel -
Devil in the Details
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 March 1996; (p. rev 8)
— Review of The Sunken Road 1996 single work novel ; Dirt and Other Stories 1996 selected work short story -
Discovering Garry Disher's Country
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 2 March 1996; (p. 8-10) -
An Extract from an Interview with Garry Disher
Sherryl Clark
(interviewer),
1996
single work
interview
extract
biography
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 179 1996; (p. 26) -
Shifting Memories of a Country Town
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 March 1996; (p. C11) -
Disher's Tightrope Dash
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 March vol. 116 no. 6013 1996; (p. 80) -
The Writer's Darker Side Revealed
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 March 1996; (p. 9)
Awards
- 1996 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
- South Australia,
- Country towns,