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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

ISBN
  
1-74114-147-8

Author
  
Andrew McGahan

Followed by
  
Underground

Awards
  
Miles Franklin Award

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Publication date
  
2004

Pages
  
376 pp

Originally published
  
2004

Genre
  
Novel

Country
  
Australia

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Publisher
  
Allen & Unwin, Australia

Similar
  
Andrew McGahan books, Novels

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The White Earth is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Andrew McGahan.

Contents

The stage version, adapted by McGahan and Shaun Charles, premiered at Brisbane's La Boite Theatre in February–March 2009.

Awards

  • Festival Awards for Literature (SA), Dymocks Booksellers Award for Fiction, 2006: shortlisted
  • International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 2006: longlisted
  • Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2005: winner
  • Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2005: winner
  • The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2004: winner
  • Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, 2004: shortlisted
  • The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award, 2004: winner

    • Reviews

  • "The Age"
  • "The Sydney Morning Herald"

    • Stage version

    La Boite Theatre Company, Brisbane, Australia.

    23 February-21 March 2009

    Adapted and Directed by Shaun Charles and Andrew McGahan
    Designer Greg Clarke
    Lighting Designer David Walters
    Sound Designer/Composer Guy Webster
    Cinematic Design Markwell Presents
    Cast Stace Callaghan, Dan Eady, Penny Everingham, Kathryn Marquet, Veronica Neave, Anthony Phelan & Steven Tandy

    References

    The White Earth Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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