The Secret River

Kate Grenville

huhti 2007 · Little, Brown Book Group · Lukija: Rupert Penry-Jones

Äänikirja

5 h 45 min

lyhennetyn

Kelvollinen

Arvioita ja arvosteluja ei ole vahvistettu Lue lisää

Haluatko näytteen, jonka kesto on 34 min? Kuuntele milloin tahansa, jopa offline-tilassa.

Lisää

Vaihda e-kirjaan

Tietoa tästä äänikirjasta

This story is set in London, 1807. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. The Thornhills arrive in this harsh and alien land that they cannot understand and which feels like a death sentence. But, among the convicts there is a rumour that freedom can be bought, that 'unclaimed' land up the Hawkesbury offers an opportunity to start afresh, far away from the township of Sydney. When William takes a hundred acres for himself, he is shocked to find Aboriginal people already living on the river. And other recent arrivals - Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs. Herring - are finding their own ways to respond to them. Soon Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life...

Tietoja kirjoittajasta

Kate Grenville's books have been published in translation in seven languages. Her novel The Idea of Perfection won the Orange Prize. She lives in Sydney with her family.