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2013
A World of Other People
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'Set in 1941 during the Blitz, A World of Other People traces the love affair of Jim, an Australian pilot in Bomber Command, and Iris, a forthright Englishwoman finding her voice as a writer.The young couple, haunted by secrets and malign coincidence, struggles to build a future free of society's thin-lipped disapproval. The poet T.S. Eliot, with whom Iris shares firewatching duties, unwittingly seals their fate with his poem 'Little Gidding', one of the famous Four Quartets.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Epigraph:
'Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things.
The honest thief, the tender murderer,
The superstitious atheist...'
–'Bishop Blougram's Apology', Robert Browning.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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"Communications from Below" : Scalar Transformations in Richard Flanagan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013) and Steven Carroll's A World of Other People (2013)
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 31 no. 1 2017; (p. 184-205) -
The View from Above from Below : Novel, Suburb, Cosmos
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 60 2016; -
Heroes and Unheroes of War
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: Quadrant , July / August vol. 59 no. 7-8 2015; (p. 114-115) -
Notes for a Novel
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , vol. 74 no. 2 2015; (p. 66-72) -
PM’s Literary Awards : How Reading Opens Us to a World of Pain
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 December 2014; 'On Monday night, the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced with a tie in the fiction category between A World of Other People by Steven Carroll and the Booker Prize and Queensland Literary Award winner, The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan. Both very interesting novels by two working class boys who are “making good” in the world of literature.'
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Steven Carroll's New Novel
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 350 2013;
— Review of A World of Other People 2013 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20-21 April 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of A World of Other People 2013 single work novel -
Consumed by Unholy Fire
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 April 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of A World of Other People 2013 single work novel -
Well Read
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 26)
— Review of A World of Other People 2013 single work novel -
How Too Soft a Sell Can Get a Girl's Back Up
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 15 May 2013; (p. 28) -
Writers' War of Words
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 February 2014; (p. 39) -
And the Winner Is ... Hang on, Let's Ask the PM
2014
single work
— Appears in: The Age , 12 December 2014; -
Abbott Writes a Surprise Ending
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 December 2014; -
PM’s Literary Awards : How Reading Opens Us to a World of Pain
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 December 2014; 'On Monday night, the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced with a tie in the fiction category between A World of Other People by Steven Carroll and the Booker Prize and Queensland Literary Award winner, The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan. Both very interesting novels by two working class boys who are “making good” in the world of literature.'
Awards
- 2014 joint winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction With Richard Flanagan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
- 2014 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — Award for Fiction
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