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The Golden Age (London novel)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Preceded by
  
The Good Parents

Author
  
Joan London

Genre
  
Novel

Country
  
Australia

3.9/5
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Publication date
  
2014

Pages
  
242

Originally published
  
2014

Page count
  
242

ISBN
  
9781741666441

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Publisher
  
Random House, Australia

Similar
  
Joan London books, Novels

The Golden Age (2014) is a novel by Australian author Joan London.

Contents

Plot summary

Frank and Elsa meet at a rehabilitation clinic in suburban Perth in the early 1950s. Both have been stricken with polio, and Frank is a refugee from Hungary. The novel follows the relationship between Frank and Elsa across the years.

Reviews

  • The Monthly
  • Sydney Review of Books

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2015 shortlisted the Stella Prize
  • 2015 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
  • 2015 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita Kibble Literary Award
  • 2015 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
  • 2015 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year

    • References

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