Before I Wake (Scott novel)

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Before I Wake (1996) is a novel by Australian author John Scott. It was shortlisted for the 1997 Miles Franklin Award.

Plot summary[]

Jonathan Ford, haunted by his past, wanders aimlessly through Australia and Europe until he meets two sisters.

Notes[]

• Dedication: For Elizabeth Francis
• The novel consists of a sequence of five novellas and features poems by Melissa Curran.

Awards and nominations[]

• 1997 shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards — NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
• 1997 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
• 1997 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction

Reviews[]

• Neil James in Westerly, Autumn 1997, stated "this ambitious book embraces the full narrative scope of fiction", before concluding that "John Scott has made a transition from poet to novelist similar to that made by David Malouf, Rodney Hall and Roger McDonald. He has taken with him a command of language not widely matched in Australian fiction."^[1]

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