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Kirkus Prize · 2022 · ShortlistMiles Franklin · 2022 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction | 2022 | Shortlist | |
| Miles Franklin Literary Award | 2022 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Two novellas set in a near-future Australia facing climate catastrophe, exploring monsters of different kinds—human and environmental. Kirkus Prize finalist.
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 →
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