SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023'Arnott has an eye and an ear for description that can elevate otherwise quiet moments to something genuinely transcendent... A luminously told, whole-life story of a young boy discovering how to be his own man.' GuardianNed West dreams of sailing across the river on a boat of his very own. To Ned, a boat means freedom - the fresh open water, squid-rich reefs, fires on private beaches - a ...

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2021**'Astonishing... With the intensity of a perfect balance between the mythic and the real, The Rain Heron keeps turning and twisting, taking you to unexpected places. A deeply emotional and satisfying read. Beautifully written.' Jeff VanderMeer, author of BorneRen lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the fores...

L'airone della pioggia è una creatura leggendaria, ha le penne trasparenti fatte di gocce d'acqua e si dice sia capace di scatenare tempeste e siccità, abbondanza e carestia. A causa della guerra Ren vive isolata in montagna, e custodisce da sempre il segreto del nascondiglio di quell'essere straordinario che ha visto una volta da piccola assieme alla nonna. Quando i soldati si mettono sulle tracce dell'airone, Ren viene suo malgrado coinvolta nella missione capitanata dall'ambiziosa e spi...

"A strange and joyous marvel" Richard FlanaganFor readers of Jennifer Egan, Evie Wyld, Sara Baume and David Szalay.Robbie Arnott's mad, wild debut novel is rough-hewn from the Tasmanian landscape and imbued with the folkloric magic of the oldest fireside storytellers.A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, Charlotte-who promptly run...

In una piccola valle della Tasmania, il giovane Ned aiuta il padre a prendersi cura del frutteto di famiglia. I suoi due fratelli maggiori, Bill e Toby, sono partiti per la guerra, e Ned combatte il timore di non rivederli più coltivando in segreto un sogno: solcare con una barca tutta sua le acque del fiume Tamar fino alla foce, dove si crede dimori una balena impazzita. Così, mentre il padre lavora la terra e la sorella Maggie si occupa degli animali, lui va a caccia di conigli, vendendo...

From the Miles Franklin longlisted author of Flames, is a short story that will have you on the edge of your seat, screaming 'wake up'.___________________The mum and the dad are in bed but the boy is standing in the hallway. He's been sleepwalking again.The boy wakes up in the middle of the night to find a man in his hallway. But this is no regular man. No, he's a hall chimp. The man jumps around like a chimp, scrat...

Le Highlands della Tasmania sono terre inospitali, antiche e splendide; ma per i gemelli Iris e Floyd Renshaw rappresentano l'ultima possibilità. Figli di reietti, uniti da un legame indissolubile e dal peso di un passato violento, accettano qualunque lavoro e vivono alla giornata. Durante la sosta in una locanda scoprono che una femmina di puma, Dusk, sta facendo strage di greggi e pastori sugli altopiani: la taglia è troppo alta per essere ignorata e Iris convince Floyd ad andare a cacci...

Ned West dreams of sailing across the river on a boat of his very own. A boat means freedom - the fresh open water, squid-rich reefs, fires on private beaches - a far cry from life on Limberlost, the family farm, where his father worries and grieves for Ned's older brothers. They're away fighting in a ruthless and distant war, becoming men on the battlefield, while Ned - too young to enlist - roams the land in search of rabbits to shoot, selling their pelts to fund his secret boat ambition...

**Shortlisted for the Climate Fiction PrizeThe story of outcast twins Iris and Floyd who join a hunt through the Tasmanian wilderness for a man-killing puma. But there is a threat closer to home . . .‘A sublime novel of loss and redemption’ Hannah Kent‘A propulsive novel of survival and betrayal’ The Economist**In the Tasmanian highlands, a wild puma is on the loose. Dusk has escaped her captors and reports of killing sprees soon follow.Twin...

En un pequeño valle de Tasmania (Australia) fluye un río y un niño se convierte en hombre. Ese niño es Ned y sueña con remontar el río a bordo de su barca mientras espera que sus hermanos regresen de la guerra. A los ojos de Ned, el heroísmo y la violencia cuidadosamente medida forman parte de lo que significa ser adulto. Sin embargo, la bondad es una cuestión de pequeñas acciones silenciosas de las que no se habla. Limberlost es una historia de pa...

Brought to you by Penguin.An explosive novel of the wild, and the lengths humans will go to control itThe distant highlands, covered in snow and strewn with ancient bones, are an alien home for a puma from South America. But when Dusk escapes her captors, reports of killing sprees of sheep and shepherds are not long to follow.The highlands are no less alien to twins Iris and Floyd, whose family history renders them outcasts. Out of ...