Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones

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'We must talk, Alice Black, about this world of modern things. This buzzing world.' Alice is entranced by the aesthetics of technology and, in every aeroplane flight, every Xerox machine, every neon sign, sees the poetry of modernity. Mr Sakamoto, a survivor of the atomic bomb, is an expert on... read more

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Gail Jones (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Country: England
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1843431971
Page Count: 213

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International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (Finalist, 2008, Short list)

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Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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