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The Drowner

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
329

Originally published
  
1996

Page count
  
329

ISBN
  
0732908582

3.5/5
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Publication date
  
1996

Preceded by
  
Our Sunshine

Author
  
Robert Drewe

Genre
  
Novel

Country
  
Australia

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Publisher
  
Pan Macmillan, Australia

Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Similar
  
Robert Drewe books, Australia books, Novels

The Drowner (1996) is a novel by Australian author Robert Drewe. It was shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, and won the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year in 1997.

Contents

Plot summary

In the late 19th century an Englishman irrigator or "drowner", Will Dance, utilises ancient water-knowledge and modern technology to save a drought-ridden town in Western Australia.

Reviews

  • Publishers' Weekly noted: "The desert mining town,..., comes fully to life, invigorated by crisp and moving portrayals of Drewe's minor characters and the monotonous beauty of the hostile (blessedly arid) countryside."
  • Garth Crawford in Woroni Sstated: "In his mastery of image, and spare but beautiful descriptions of this quest, Drewe reveals his strongest claim to pre-eminence. The Drowner is by an author who enjoys words, weighs and places each without mistaking linguistic asceticism for aestheticism."

    • Awards and nominations

  • 1997 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
  • 1997 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year
  • 1997 shortlisted Commonwealth Writer's Prize — South East Asia and South Pacific Region - Best First Novel
  • 1997 winner Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
  • 1998 winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Award for Fiction — National Fiction Award
  • 1998 winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Premier's Award for the Best Overall Published Work

    • References

    The Drowner Wikipedia
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