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| Author | Annah Faulkner |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador, Australia |
Publication date | 2012 |
Published in English | 1 July 2012 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 313 |
| ISBN | 9781742611556 |
| Followed by | Last Day in the Dynamite Factory |
The Beloved (2012) is a novel by Australian author Annah Faulkner. It won the 2013 Nita Kibble Literary Award.[1]
Book summary
Roberta (Bertie) Lightfoot moves from post-war Melbourne and Sydney in the 1950s to post-colonial frontier town, Port Moresby. One day she discovers she has polio and the novel follows her long road to recovery and the subsequent discovery of her gifts as a painter.
Reviews
"Readings" bookstore called the novel "Tender and witty, The Beloved is a moving debut novel which paints a vivid portrait of both the beauty and the burden of unconditional love."[2]
Mary Anne Elliott, reviewing the novel in The Northern Star stated: "Faulkner's engaging and evocative narrative never falters; it is by turns wise, witty and completely delightful."[3]
Awards
- 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Manuscript of an Emerging Queensland Author
- 2013 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award
- 2013 winner Kibble Literary Awards — Nita Kibble Literary Award
References
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