Dreams of speaking
Jones, Gail, 1955-2007
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Alice is in Paris to write, and she is entranced by the aesthetics of technology. Mr Sakamoto, a survivor of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, is an expert on Alexander Graham Bell. The pair forge an unlikely friendship after meeting on a train journey. As Mr Sakamoto regales Alice with stories of twentieth- century invention, his own knowledge begins to inform her writing, and these two solitary beings become a mutual support for each other a long way from home. This is a novel set in Paris, Perth and Nagasaki.
Main title:
Dreams of speaking / Gail Jones.
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Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2007, c2006.
Collation:
213 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : Harvill Secker, 2006.
ISBN:
9780099472049
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
182522
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Fiction | JONE | Available |