Wanting (novel)
 First edition | |
| Author | Richard Flanagan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf, Australia |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print Hardback & Paperback |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-74166-655-7 |
| OCLC | 270765982 |
| Dewey Decimal | A823.3 22 |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.F525 W36 2008 |
| Preceded by | The Unknown Terrorist (2006) |
Wanting is a 2008 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan.
Plot summary
Wanting cuts between two stories based on real historical figures under the central theme of 'wanting' and is set in both nineteenth century Tasmania and Britain. One tells the tale of an Aboriginal child, Mathinna, adopted by then governor of Van Diemen’s Land, Sir John Franklin and his wife Lady Jane; the other of Charles Dickens’ love affair with Ellen Ternan after one of his daughters dies.[1]
Reception
Many critics regarded Wanting as one of the best novels of the year.[2][3][4]
Notes
- Dedication: "For Kevin Perkins".
- Epigraph: "You see, reason, gentlemen, is a fine thing, that is unquestionable, but reason is only reason and satisfies only man's reasoning capacity, while wanting is a manifestation of the whole of life." Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Epigraph: "That which is wanting cannot be numbered." Ecclesiastes
Awards
Interviews
References
- ↑ Flanagan, Richard (2009). Wanting. Random House Australia. pp. Cover blurb. ISBN 978-1-74166-668-7.
- ↑ Holmes, Rachel (12 September 2009). "Wanting by Richard Flanagan". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
- ↑ "A subtle weaving of passion and despair". The Irish Times. 10 October 2009.
- ↑ "Sydney Morning Herald | Reviews". Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- 1 2 "Wanting". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
Further reading
- Ashton, Kalinda (Autumn 2009). "Forms of hunger and hysteria : recent Australian fiction". Overland. 194: 93–96.