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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
2004

Pages
  
249 pp

Originally published
  
2004

Genre
  
Novel

Preceded by
  
Black Mirror

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Publisher
  
Harvill Press, London

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

ISBN
  
1-84343-196-3

Author
  
Gail Jones

Country
  
Australia

OCLC
  
56657798

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Sixty Lights is a 2004 novel by Australian author Gail Jones.

Contents

Themes

The novel explores the themes of the family relationships, marriage, death and loss.

Dedication

"For my brothers, Peter and Kevin Jones."

Awards

  • Man Booker Prize, 2004: longlisted
  • Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction, 2004: winner
  • Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2004: winner
  • Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2005: commended
  • Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2005: shortlisted
  • New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2005: shortlisted
  • Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2005
  • The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2005: winner
  • Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2005: shortlisted
  • South Australia Premier's Awards Fiction, 2006: winner
  • South Australia Premier's Awards Best Overall Published Work, 2006: winner
  • International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2006: longlisted

    • Reviews

  • "The Age" [1]
  • "The Asian Review of Books" [2]
  • "Australian Book Review" [3]
  • "The Guardian" [4]
  • "The Telegraph" [5]

    • References

    Sixty Lights Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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