Wanting (novel)
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Plot summary
Wanting cuts between two stories based on real historical figures under the central theme of 'wanting', and is set in both nineteenth century TasmaniaTasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
and Britain
Great Britain
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. One tells the tale of an Aboriginal child, Mathinna, adopted by then governor of Van Diemens Land, Sir John Franklin, and his wife Lady Jane; the other of Charles Dickens love affair with Ellen Ternan after one of his daughters dies.,
Awards
- 2008 Western Australia Premiers Prize
- 2009 Queensland Premiers Prize
- 2009 New Yorker Notable Book of the Year
- 2009 Washington Post Book of the Year
- 2009 London Observer Book of the Year
Reviews
- "The Australian"
- "Publisher's Weekly"
- "New York Times"
- http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2010/11/04/desirer-de-richard-flanagan_1435275_3260.html
- http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-richard-flanagan10-2009may10,0,5098051.story
Interviews
- Jason Steger in "The Age"
- Ramona Kaval on "The Book Show"
- Simon Bevilacqua in "The Mercury"
- Sally Warhaft on "Slow TV"