The Ancestor Game (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Moderate crease on the front panel.
A sweeping, luminous novel that bridges two worlds across time, The Ancestor Game follows the intertwined lives of an Australian man and a Chinese artist whose fates become inextricably bound through a shared obsession with the past and the haunting power of ancestral legacy. Alex Miller constructs a rich, dual narrative that moves between the landscapes of modern Australia and the turbulent history of China, weaving together themes of displacement, identity, cultural collision, and the stories we inherit from those who came before us. Miller's prose is precise and deeply evocative, earning The Ancestor Game the Miles Franklin Literary Award — Australia's most prestigious fiction prize — a testament to the novel's extraordinary literary merit. He argues, through the lives of his characters, that we are never truly free of the past; rather, we are its most faithful custodians. For readers who prize fiction that is simultaneously intimate and epic in its ambitions, this novel presents an unforgettable meditation on memory, belonging, and the games ancestors play with the living.
Author: Alex Miller
Format: Paperback
Published: 1992, Penguin Books
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Moderate crease on the front panel.
A sweeping, luminous novel that bridges two worlds across time, The Ancestor Game follows the intertwined lives of an Australian man and a Chinese artist whose fates become inextricably bound through a shared obsession with the past and the haunting power of ancestral legacy. Alex Miller constructs a rich, dual narrative that moves between the landscapes of modern Australia and the turbulent history of China, weaving together themes of displacement, identity, cultural collision, and the stories we inherit from those who came before us. Miller's prose is precise and deeply evocative, earning The Ancestor Game the Miles Franklin Literary Award — Australia's most prestigious fiction prize — a testament to the novel's extraordinary literary merit. He argues, through the lives of his characters, that we are never truly free of the past; rather, we are its most faithful custodians. For readers who prize fiction that is simultaneously intimate and epic in its ambitions, this novel presents an unforgettable meditation on memory, belonging, and the games ancestors play with the living.