The Last Sky eBook

by Alice Nelson

About the Book

The Last Sky recounts the story of Maya Wise – a young wife alone in Hong Kong. British rule is coming to an end and so is Maya’s marriage. She drifts, wandering aimlessly through the crowded city streets. Captivated by an elderly Chinese man and his caged nightingale, she follows him home. But Ken Tiger is a man with a past. As Maya draws out his tale of lost love in wartime Shanghai, she pieces together other stories, other histories that will help her to imagine a new life for herself.

The Sydney Morning Herald described Nelson’s language as displaying ‘real lyrical beauty’. The Weekend Australian said the book was ‘partly a haunting and uneasy love story, partly a subtle exploration of cultural and political tensions’.

Categories

eBooks, Adult Fiction, Award Winning

Publication Year

2008

Edition

2nd

Publisher

Fremantle Press

Awards

Winner, Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist, 2009; Winner, T A G Hungerford Award, 2006; Short listed, The Australian / Vogel Award, 2006.

ISBN13

9781921696749

HB/PB

Ebook

Format

Ebook

Pages

254

Other Editions

Paperback

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