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Remembering Babylon
by David Malouf
ISBN: 0394280431
ISBN-13: 9780394280431
Format: Paperback
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Summary
A runner-up for the Booker Prize, this novel is about a 13-year-old British cabin boy named Gemmy who is set ashore in Australia and taken in by aborigines. Sixteen years later, he runs across European settlers, who find him both fascinating and repellent. "Remembering Babylon" concerns Gemmy's own sense of self, his knowledge of the aborigines, and how both he and they are perceived by the Europeans.
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"Wonderfully wise and moving...a dazzling fable of human hope and imperfection."
-- New York Times
"One of the five best works of fiction in 1993."
-- Time
"[Malouf has] compressed the myths, the poetry, the history, of a vast and ancient continent...A really impressive achievement." -- Doris Lessing
"['Remembering Babylon' is] thrilling in its style and in its adventurousness." -- Michael Ondaatje
"To read this remarkable book is to remember Babylon well, whether you think you've been there or not." -- Suanne Berne
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House of Canada Ltd
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
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Remembering Babylon
Malouf, David
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Random House of Canada Ltd, 1993 Front cover slightly bent and creased. Trade Paperback. Good+. ( more information) Offered by Balthazar Books (Canada)
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Remembering Babylon
Malouf, David
Vintage Canada, 1994. 202 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed and dated by author.. Re-Issue. Trade Paperback. Used. ( more information) Offered by Grafton Bookshop (Canada)
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Remembering Babylon
David Malouf
Random House of Canada Ltd. Used - Good. Good condition ( more information) Offered by Wonder Book (United States)
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