Closer to Stone

Closer to Stone
Simon Cleary
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NZ$ 37.00
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NZ$ 29.60
Trade Paperback
h230 x 152mm - 304pg
22 Feb 2012 AU
International import eta 7-19 days
9780702239229
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The story of two brothers from 'The Springs' (a fictional former spa town near Brisbane); one a soldier peacekeeper with the UN and one a sculptor. Set in 1993 in northern Africa (Morocco, Western Sahara and Algeria) and in the US years later, it follows the journey of Sebastian (Bas), the sculptor brother, who must go in search of his missing brother, Jack. His journey is a modern-day Heart of Darkness as he travels into the dangerous, war-torn, desert interior of northern Africa to discover what happened to his brother. What he finds there is not quite what he was expecting and has shocking consequences for him and his family. Through the story of two very different brothers, raised as Catholics, the novel delves into the rise of fundamentalist Islam and its culmination in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. However, the novel belongs to Bas who, through sculpting stone, attempts to find redemption from the dreadful events he witnesses in the desert in 1993.
Simon Cleary is the author of The Comfort of Figs.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780702239229
Published: 22 Feb 2012
Published In: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 230mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 304
Dewey: 823

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