Fiction
Sleep
by Catherine Cole
Description
New literary fiction from the 2018 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction shortlisted author, Catherine Cole.
In a small café in London a teenager, Ruth, and elderly artist, Harry, recognise something profound in each other. They strike up a conversation that leads to regular meetings and takes them on a journey through their memories of traumatic times. Harry has much to tell about his childhood beside the Canal St Martin in Paris. Ruth has collected stories about her mother’s childhood in the Yorkshire Dales and London. How much has the stain of tragedy charged these memories with the pain of loss and what use can be made of the pain?
Looking back on her special years with Harry, Ruth sees how shared memories — happy or sad — can reshape the ways in which we value the lives of others while fully living our own. Taking Harry back to Paris draws on a special relationship that will shape her own place in the world.
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Rights sold: UWA Publishing (ANZ)
Rights available: World (ex ANZ); Film/TV
Reviews
“Exquisite ... I read a lot of good books for work. Even great books. Just occasionally something truly special comes alone. Sleep by Catherine Cole is one such book.” ~ Better Reading magazine
"Full of beautiful writing and a lot of painful and difficult feeling" - Sydney Morning Herald
"A story of healing and hope. Gently written and carefully constructed, this novel will ... leave you with a sense of acceptance and optimism." The Australian
Author Biography
Catherine Cole is a fiction and non-fiction writer and an academic in Literary Studies and Creative Writing.
Her recent collection of short stories, Seabirds Crying in the Harbour Dark, was shortlisted for the 2018 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Catherine’s other fictional works include the crime novels Skin Deep (Duffy and Snellgrove, 2002) and Dry Dock (HarperCollins, 1999; Duffy and Snellgrove, 2002) and a fictional memoir about the French in colonial Hanoi, Vietnam, The Grave at Thu Le (Picador, 2006). She has also published short stories and poetry.
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View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publisher UWA Publishing
- Publication Date September 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781760800925
- Publication Country or regionAustralia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 26.99 AUD
- Pages264
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleSleep
- Original Language AuthorsCatherine Cole
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions19.8 x 13 cm
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