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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
2011

Pages
  
216

Originally published
  
2011

Page count
  
216

ISBN
  
9781864710601

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Publisher
  
Vintage, Australia

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Preceded by
  
Sorry

Author
  
Gail Jones

Genre
  
Novel

Country
  
Australia

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Five Bells (2011) is a novel by Australian author Gail Jones.

Contents

Plot summary

Five Bells concerns four main characters who visit Circular Quay in Sydney on the same day: Ellie, a PhD student; James, a teacher; Catherine, an Irish woman mourning the loss of her brother; and Pei Xing, a Chinese woman.

Reviews

  • Australian Book Review
  • The Sydney Morning Herald

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2012 shortlisted Indie Awards — Fiction
  • 2012 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Award for Fiction
  • 2012 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
  • 2012 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
  • 2013 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

    • References

    Five Bells (novel) Wikipedia
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