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| Author | Stephen Daisley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | novel |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication place | Australia |
Published in English | 2 August 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 239 |
| ISBN | 9781921656491 |
| Followed by | Coming Rain |
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Young New Zealand soldier David Monroe is fighting at Gallipoli in World War I when he meets a Turkish doctor, Mohammad. As they tend to a wounded soldier a bomb bursts nearby and both are sent to an army hospital on the island of Lemnos. The novel explores the growing friendship between the two men, and two cultures, as they recover from their wounds.
James Bradley in The Australian noted: "At its best, Daisley's prose possesses a shimmering, allusive beauty reminiscent of John McGahern. Sequences such as the stunning description of the ageing David's journey out into a rainy morning to supervise the lambing lend the novel an almost sacred quality." [3]
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