Questions of Travel
Miles Franklin Literary Award · 2013 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Literary Award | 2013 | Winner |
About This Book
A novel in two parts following a wealthy Australian travel writer and a Sri Lankan man whose life is upended by civil war.
About the Author
Michelle de Kretser is an Australian novelist of Sri Lankan origin who has won the Miles Franklin Award twice — for Questions of Travel (2013) and The Life to Come (2018). She grew up in Sri Lanka before emigrating to Australia. Her work is distinguished by its formal sophistication, its probing examination of postcolonial identity, and its depictions of the contradictions of modern global life. Read more →
