Wonders of a Godless World
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is indicative only and does not represent the condition of this copy. For information about the condition of this book you can email us.
WINNER, Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction novel On an unnamed island, in a Gothic hospital sitting in the shadow of a volcano, a wordless orphan girl works on the wards housing the insane and the incapable. When a silent, unmoving and unnerving new patient - a foreigner - arrives at the hospital, strange phenomena occur, bizarre murders take place, and the lives of the patients and the island's inhabitants are thrown into turmoil. What happens between them is an extraordinary exploration of consciousness, reality and madness. Wonders of a Godless World from Miles Franklin-winner Andrew McGahan, is a huge and dramatic beast of a book. It is a thought-provoking investigation into character and consciousness, a powerful cautionary tale, and a head-stretching fable about the earth, nature and the power of the mind. It is utterly unlike anything you've read before - it will take you by the shoulders and hold you in its grip to its nerve-tingling finale. 'an impressively sustained feat of imagination demanding of readers that they think for themselves.' - A ustralian Book Review 'a novel that is never predictable, it twists and turns as it hurtles towards its ultimate climax breathtaking in scope and imaginative power.' - Canberra Times 'an extraordinary high-wire act.' - Courier Mail 'a spellbinding, lunatic, supernatural opera.' - Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Andrew McGahan
Format: Paperback, 336 pages, 128mm x 198mm, 382 g
Published: 2010, Allen & Unwin, Australia
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
WINNER, Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction novel On an unnamed island, in a Gothic hospital sitting in the shadow of a volcano, a wordless orphan girl works on the wards housing the insane and the incapable. When a silent, unmoving and unnerving new patient - a foreigner - arrives at the hospital, strange phenomena occur, bizarre murders take place, and the lives of the patients and the island's inhabitants are thrown into turmoil. What happens between them is an extraordinary exploration of consciousness, reality and madness. Wonders of a Godless World from Miles Franklin-winner Andrew McGahan, is a huge and dramatic beast of a book. It is a thought-provoking investigation into character and consciousness, a powerful cautionary tale, and a head-stretching fable about the earth, nature and the power of the mind. It is utterly unlike anything you've read before - it will take you by the shoulders and hold you in its grip to its nerve-tingling finale. 'an impressively sustained feat of imagination demanding of readers that they think for themselves.' - A ustralian Book Review 'a novel that is never predictable, it twists and turns as it hurtles towards its ultimate climax breathtaking in scope and imaginative power.' - Canberra Times 'an extraordinary high-wire act.' - Courier Mail 'a spellbinding, lunatic, supernatural opera.' - Sydney Morning Herald
Wonders of a Godless World