Closer to Stone
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $20.99
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
See the dots, boy. Can you see them? They're not even towns, most of them. They're settlements, handfuls of human beings huddled together in the sand. Know this about your brother: he went out into that desert and he did not come back.
There has never been a deserter in Bas Adams' family – from the Somme to Vietnam. So when his brother, Jack, is reported missing from his peacekeeping contingent in Western Sahara, Bas knows he must be found. Their father demands it.
From Queensland's Lockyer Valley to the mountains of southern Algeria, Bas follows Jack's trail deep into the Sahara Desert, and into a world apart.
Nothing could prepare him for what he finds.
PRAISE FOR SIMON CLEARY
'A brave and impressive debut' David Malouf
'Assured and unsettling' Canberra Times
'A poignant tale' Age
Customer Reviews
Journeys to the self.
This is an excellent if at times uncomfortable read. The story deals with the so called clash of civilizations that has for better or worse informed our world and thinking for the last 20 years.
Matters of history, guilt, forgiveness and the search for the self and for Truth are explored in rich imagery and prose. The Australian take on these matters and the Aussie voice are heard clear and stable in all of the changes this novel relates.
This is a rich story beautifully told and highly recommended.