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Sorry (novel)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

ISBN
  
1-74166-900-6

Author
  
Gail Jones

Country
  
Australia

Publication date
  
2007

Pages
  
218 pp

Originally published
  
2007

Genre
  
Novel

OCLC
  
213605318

Sorry (novel) wwwsmhcomauffximage20070504Sorry070504093

Publisher
  
Vintage Books, Australia

Similar
  
Dreams of Speaking, Sixty Lights, Witness, A Guide to Berlin, The house of breathing

Sorry is a 2007 novel by Australian author Gail Jones.

Contents

Themes

The novel explores the major themes of Australian Aboriginal-White relations, the isolation and despair of farm life, the Stolen Generations, and life in World War II in Australia.

Dedication

"For Veronica Brady."

Awards

  • Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2008: shortlisted
  • Orange Prize for Fiction (UK), 2008: longlisted
  • Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2008: shortlisted
  • Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Fiction, 2008: shortlisted

    • Reviews

  • "The Age" [1]
  • "The Australian" [2]
  • "The Sydney Morning Herald" [3]
  • "The Telegraph" [4]

    • References

    Sorry (novel) Wikipedia
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