Five Bells

A Picador Paperback Original On a radiant day in Sydney, four adults converge on Circular Quay, site...
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Author: Gail Jones
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Five Bells by Jones, Gail

Five Bells

$25.87

Five Bells

$25.87
Author: Gail Jones
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A Picador Paperback Original

On a radiant day in Sydney, four adults converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Crowds of tourists mix with the locals, enjoying the glorious surroundings and the play of light on water.

But just as Circular Quay resonates with Australia's past, each of the four carries a complicated history from elsewhere. Each person is haunted by past secrets and guilt. Ellie is preoccupied by her sexual experiences as a girl, James by a tragedy for which he feels responsible, Catherine by the loss of her beloved brother in Dublin, and Pei Xing by her imprisonment during China's Cultural Revolution.

Told over the course of a single Saturday, Five Bells describes four lives that come to share not only a place and a time but also mysterious patterns and ambiguous symbols, including a barely glimpsed fifth figure, a young child. By nightfall, when Sydney is drenched in a summer rainstorm, each life will have been transformed by the events of this day.

Author: Gail Jones
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 02/28/2012
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.64w x 0.66d
ISBN: 9781250003737


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/14/2011 pg. 29
Library Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 115
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2011
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 25

About the Author

Gail Jones is the author of the novels Black Mirror, Sixty Lights, Dreams of Speaking, and Sorry. She has been nominated for numerous international awards, including the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Prix Femina Étranger. She is a professor of writing at the University of Western Sydney.




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