Oscar and Lucinda
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| Oscar and Lucinda | |
| Author | Peter Carey |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Publication date | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) |
| Pages | 528 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-571-15304-6 |
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award.
It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the son of an English Brethren minister who becomes an Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the boat over to Australia, and discover that they are both obsessive gamblers. Lucinda bets Oscar that he cannot transport a glass church from Sydney to a remote settlement at Bellingen, some 400 km up the New South Wales coast. This bet changes both their lives forever.
The novel partly takes its inspiration from Father and Son, the autobiography of the English poet Edmund Gosse, which describes his relationship with his father, Philip Henry Gosse.
A film version released in 1997 was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, and Tom Wilkinson.
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| Preceded by Moon Tiger |
Man Booker Prize recipient 1988 |
Succeeded by The Remains of the Day |
| Preceded by Dancing on Coral |
Miles Franklin Award recipient 1988 |
Succeeded by Oceana Fine |
