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Sixty Lights

Gail Jones author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th May '05

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'Breathtaking grace and immense skill... Engaging, beautiful, magical and compelling' Irish Times

Sixty Lights is the captivating chronicle of Lucy Strange, an independent girl growing up in the Victorian world. From her childhood in Australia through to her adolescence in England and Bombay and finally to London, Lucy is fascinated by light and by the new photographic technology.Sixty Lights is the captivating chronicle of Lucy Strange, an independent girl growing up in the Victorian world. From her childhood in Australia through to her adolescence in England and Bombay and finally to London, Lucy is fascinated by light and by the new photographic technology. Her perception of the world is passionate and moving, revealed in a series of frozen images captured in the camera of her mind's eye showing her feelings about love, life and loss. In this confident, finely woven and intricate novel Jones has created an unforgettable character in Lucy; visionary, gifted and exuberant, she touches the lives of all who know her.

A very special novel indeed -- Tom Boncza-Tomaszewski * Independent on Sunday *
Jones has a flair for luminous and accurate prose... A passionate book * Guardian *
Gem-like, lyrical portrait of a girl growing-up -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Reads like a luminous album of photographs marked by an almost unbearable sadness * Weekend Australian *
An immensely well crafted novel * Sunday Independent *

ISBN: 9780099472032

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm

Weight: 181g

256 pages