Speaking
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From one of Australia's most versatile literary voices, Speaking is a work of modern fiction by Janine Burke that draws readers into an intimate and psychologically charged world. Burke, celebrated for her ability to interweave personal history, identity, and cultural landscape, crafts a narrative that resonates with quiet intensity, placing her characters at the crossroads of memory, language, and self-discovery. Burke's prose is precise yet evocative, carrying the hallmarks of Australian literary fiction at its most introspective — where the interior life of a character becomes as vast and unpredictable as the continent itself. Her work consistently challenges the boundaries between the spoken and the unspoken, the remembered and the forgotten, making Speaking a compelling study in voice, silence, and the stories we tell about ourselves. For readers who appreciate fiction that lingers long after the final page, this is an essential addition to the shelf.
Author: Janine Burke
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From one of Australia's most versatile literary voices, Speaking is a work of modern fiction by Janine Burke that draws readers into an intimate and psychologically charged world. Burke, celebrated for her ability to interweave personal history, identity, and cultural landscape, crafts a narrative that resonates with quiet intensity, placing her characters at the crossroads of memory, language, and self-discovery. Burke's prose is precise yet evocative, carrying the hallmarks of Australian literary fiction at its most introspective — where the interior life of a character becomes as vast and unpredictable as the continent itself. Her work consistently challenges the boundaries between the spoken and the unspoken, the remembered and the forgotten, making Speaking a compelling study in voice, silence, and the stories we tell about ourselves. For readers who appreciate fiction that lingers long after the final page, this is an essential addition to the shelf.