The transit of Venus
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1990.
Status
Central - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1990.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
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Description
This book tells the story of two orphan sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, as they leave Australia to start a new life in post-war England. What happens to these young women--seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal--becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves. Gorgeously written and intricately constructed, Hazzard's novel is a story of place: Sydney, London, New York, Stockholm; of time: from the fifties to the eighties; and above all, of women and men in their passage through the displacements and absurdities of modern life.
Awards
National Book Award for Fiction Finalist
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Winner
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hazzard, S. (1990). The transit of Venus . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-2016. 1990. The Transit of Venus. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-2016. The Transit of Venus Penguin Books, 1990.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hazzard, Shirley. The Transit of Venus Penguin Books, 1990.
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