Welcome to readers of Annals Australasia, which featured Dr Susan Moore’s erudite book review of A Distant Prospect at page 15 of the June 2014 issue.
A few snippets:
“I’d no idea that she’d write a memorable Australian work of fiction. Yet if there has been a more brilliant novel produced on this soil I haven’t read it.”
“… I did not know much that this novel introduced, and I have now read it twice. But what made me laugh, cry and express wonder most powerfully was its depiction of familial devotion and loving friendship – of course warts and all.”
“… the author is so inventive that I wanted the book to be at least another 200 pages long.”
“What’s best, however, is the voice behind the narrative, kind, generous, satirical, wise beyond its years.”
We hope you will all enjoy reading A Distant Prospect as much as Dr Moore!
Dr Susan Moore is a widely published writer on world literature for adults and children, religious thought, education, film, and the history of ideas. Her book for World Youth Day 2008, The Living Word, was reviewed in Annals.
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- Here is the link to the Glossary of Irish usage she mentions in her review.
- A Distant Prospect is available in paperback and large print hardcover from all bookshops, in Australia and overseas, and on Kindle and Kobo ebook. Australian booksellers may obtain stock from Dennis Jones and Associates