Remembering Babylon

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Random House
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1993
Edition: First Edition

Description: 202 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. In The 1840s A Thirteen Year Old Boy Is Cast Ashore North Of Australia And Taken By Aborigines, Sixteen Years Later When Settlers Reached The Area, He Moves Back Into The World Of Europeans.

Publishers Description: Novel set in Australia in the mid 1840s. Gemmy, a 13-year-old boy, has been cast ashore in far north Australia and is taken in by Aborigines. Sixteen years later when the area is settled by Europeans, Gemmy struggles to find his place among the early settlers who are trying to come to terms with their new environment. Also available in paperback. The internationally recognised author was awarded the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Prix Femina Etranger in 1991. Shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize. His other publications include TJohnno and TAn Imaginary Life.

ISBN: 9780091827823