On a radiant day in Sydney, four adults converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Each of the four carries a complicated history from elsewhere; each is haunted by past intimacies, 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 which chime and resonate, sharing mysterious patterns and symbols. A fifth figure at the Quay, a barely glimpsed child, reminds us that some patterns are imprecise and do not resolve. By night-time, when Sydney is drenched in a rainstorm, each life has been transformed. Five Bells is a novel of singular beauty and power by one of Australia's most gifted novelists.
Title: Five Bells
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Contributors:
By (author)
Gail Jones
ISBN 13: 9781864710830
ISBN 10: 1864710837
Publisher: Random House Australia
Imprint: Vintage (Australia)
Publication Date: 1/02/2012
Place of Publication:
Milsons Point,
Australia
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Thickness: 15mm
Weight: 160g