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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 The Salt Letters
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'It is 1854, and with the certainty of land behind her, Sarah flees her home for the uncertainties of life in the new colony. In steerage, she joins the other unmarried women, where the horrors of their close confinement bring an unraveling of secrets no one can control. Sarah endures, longing for her mother's forgiveness and the sweetness of her cousin Richard's breath. As she draws closer to her new land, she becomes increasingly haunted by her own tale and the letter home she cannot write. Moving between the voyage in which pigs run through flooded living quarters to the hallucinatory visions induced by heat and doldrums, Christine Balint's astonishing debut novel brings us close to a time when the world was still a place to be discovered. Shortlisted for the Vogel Literary Award. "Dazzling.... A meticulous history and a beautifully crafted fiction.... Compelling reading." ' Courier Mail  

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 1999 .
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      Extent: 194p.
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      ISBN: 1865081485
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      W. W. Norton ,
      2001 .
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      Extent: 189p.
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      ISBN: 0393321606
Alternative title: Lettere Salate
Language: Italian
    • Milan,
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      Italy,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Marcos y Marcos ,
      2002 .
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      Extent: 206p.
      ISBN: 8871682858

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Works about this Work

Old Voyages Jeanell Buckley , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 13 no. 1 2001;

— Review of The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Matthew Wood , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 12)

— Review of The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Saltwater Odyssey Stella Clarke , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 January 2000;

— Review of The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Youth Loses Plot as Market Beckons Anthony Macris , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 July 2000; (p. 8)
The Best Young Australian Novelists 2000 : Commended Malcolm Knox , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 April 2000; (p. 8)
Untitled Matthew Wood , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 12)

— Review of The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Paperbacks Debra Adelaide , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 November 1999; (p. 14)

— Review of Shameful Autobiographies : Shame in Contemporary Australian Autobiographies and Culture Rosamund Dalziell , 1999 single work criticism biography ; The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Powerfully Reconciling Story Awaits Behind a Black Cover Ian McFarlane , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 28 November 1999; (p. 20)

— Review of Hard Yards Melissa Lucashenko , 1999 single work novel ; The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Paperbacks Fiona Capp , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 November 1999; (p. 10)

— Review of The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
Old Voyages Jeanell Buckley , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 13 no. 1 2001;

— Review of The Salt Letters Christine Balint , 1999 single work novel
The Best Young Australian Novelists 2000 : Commended Malcolm Knox , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 April 2000; (p. 8)
Youth Loses Plot as Market Beckons Anthony Macris , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 July 2000; (p. 8)
Women All at Sea Abigail Makim , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 October 1999; (p. 8)
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