Home » Dreams of Speaking
Product Image

Dreams of Speaking

Gail Jones
€19.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A01=Gail Jones
alexander graham bell
Author_Gail Jones
bands of mourning
bitter mournings
Category=FBA
Category=FS
Category=FXD
Category=FXL
contemporary
contemporary fiction
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
family
grief
grief journal
grieved loss
literary fiction
man booker prize
mental health
romantic fiction
sorry
top 10 fiction
womans prize fiction

Product details

  • ISBN 9780099472049
  • Weight: 160g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Mar 2007
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

Far away from home and her beloved but distant sister, Norah, Alice meets an old Japanese man on a train journey. Together they form an unlikely friendship at a crucial point in Alice's life where she is reflecting upon her family and her past, and disentangling herself from an old love affair.

Alice is fascinated by the poetry of technology, and Mr Sakomoto, a survivor of the atomic bomb, entrances her with his amazing stories of twentieth-century inventions, including Alexander Graham Bell and the mysteries of the telephone. Drawn together by their shared enthusiasms, these two solitary beings slowly come to rely on one another.

In Dreams of Speaking, prize-winning author Gail Jones paints with grace and skill the experience of needing to belong despite wanting to be alone.
About Gail Jones
Gail Jones teaches literature, cinema and cultural studies at the University of Western Australia. She is the author of Sixty Lights which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Sorry, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize and Five Bells.

More from this author