The Great World
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 First edition | |
| Author | David Malouf |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus (UK) |
Publication date | 1990 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 332 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7011-3415-1 |
| OCLC | 22953897 |
| 823 20 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.M265 G74 1990 |
| Preceded by | |
| Followed by | Remembering Babylon |
The Great World is a 1990 Miles Franklin literary award-winning novel by the Australian author David Malouf. It is an epic novel telling the story of two Australians during the turmoil of World War I & II; and second and the imprisonment of Japanese during World War - II.
Awards[]
- Festival Awards for Literature (SA), National Fiction Award, 1992: winner
- Prix Femina étranger (France), Best Foreign Novel, 1991: winner
- Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1991: winner
- Commonwealth Writers Prize, Overall Best Book Award, 1991: winner
- Commonwealth Writers Prize, South-East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book from the Region Award, 1991: winner
- National Library of Australia National Audio Book-of-the-Year Award, 1990: joint winner
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Categories:
- Novels by David Malouf
- 1990 Australian novels
- Miles Franklin Award-winning works
- Chatto & Windus books
- 1990s novel stubs