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The sun walks down / Fiona McFarlane.

Summary:

"The Sun Walks Down is a sweeping, propulsive epic set in colonial Australia from Fiona McFarlane, the award-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places"-- Provided by publisher.
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - explore their own relationships with the complex landscape unsettling history of the Flinders Ranges.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374606244
  • ISBN: 0374606242
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource.
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

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General Note:
"Originally published in 2022 by Allen and Unwin, Australia"--Title page verso.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Mythology.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
Fiction.
Dust storms > Fiction.
Missing children > Fiction.
Search and rescue operations > Fiction.
Country life > Fiction.
South Australia > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Tempêtes de poussière > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Enfants disparus > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Australie-Méridionale > Histoire > 19e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Country life
Dust storms
Missing children
Search and rescue operations
South Australia
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Novels
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Romans.

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