After Darkness (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Name on fep.
A haunting work of literary historical fiction, After Darkness chronicles the story of Dr. Ibaraki, a Japanese doctor living in Australia who is interned in a remote camp following the outbreak of World War II. Through a dual narrative that moves between wartime Australia and 1930s Manchuria, Christine Piper uncovers the moral compromises and buried secrets that define her protagonist's past, weaving a tale of guilt, identity, and the weight of silence. The novel's restrained, elegiac tone draws readers into a world where cultural displacement and ethical failure collide, rendering Ibaraki's inner life with quiet but devastating precision. Piper illustrates how war strips individuals of agency and forces a reckoning with choices long suppressed, making this debut a powerful meditation on complicity and redemption. Winner of the The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award, After Darkness stands as a significant achievement in Australian literary fiction.
Author: Christine Piper
Format: Paperback
Published: 2014, Allen & Unwin
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Name on fep.
A haunting work of literary historical fiction, After Darkness chronicles the story of Dr. Ibaraki, a Japanese doctor living in Australia who is interned in a remote camp following the outbreak of World War II. Through a dual narrative that moves between wartime Australia and 1930s Manchuria, Christine Piper uncovers the moral compromises and buried secrets that define her protagonist's past, weaving a tale of guilt, identity, and the weight of silence. The novel's restrained, elegiac tone draws readers into a world where cultural displacement and ethical failure collide, rendering Ibaraki's inner life with quiet but devastating precision. Piper illustrates how war strips individuals of agency and forces a reckoning with choices long suppressed, making this debut a powerful meditation on complicity and redemption. Winner of the The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award, After Darkness stands as a significant achievement in Australian literary fiction.