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| Author | Toni Jordan |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary novel |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 247 pp. |
| Awards | 2013 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction, winner |
| ISBN | 1921922834 |
Nine Days is a 2012 novel by the Australian author Toni Jordan. [1]
It was the winner of the 2013 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction. [2]
The novel tells the stories of the Westaways, a working-class Richmond family, across several generations. It follows nine characters, each of whose story is told in a separate chapter, with each dealing with one day in the life of its principal character.
Reviewing the book for Australian Book Review Donata Carrazza noted that in spite of the novel's serious themes "this is an easy book to read, with many observations about families and their foibles, comic scenarios involving objects and underwear, sharp repartee between mothers and sons, twin siblings, and neighbourhood louts...Jordan is clear that what binds us to one another and to a meaningful life is simply valuing the life you have been given and the family that is yours and yours alone." [3]
Emma Perry, for ArtsHub was clearly ipressed with the work: "The structure of Nine Days allows for creative overlapping of each narrative. It cleverly demands involvement from the reader to piece together the story and the fate of the characters as it unfolds...This is an ambitious novel; skillfully crafted and intelligent. Jordan's trademark wit and ability to manipulate the narrative is a triumph." [4]
After the novel's initial publication in 2012 in Australia by Text Publishing, [1] it was reprinted as follows:
It was also translated into German in 2012, and Hebrew and Dutch in 2013. [7]