The Ancestor Game
First edition | |
Author | Alex Miller |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Publisher | Penguin, Australia |
Publication date | 1992 |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 302 pp |
ISBN | 0-14-015987-8 |
OCLC | 27488276 |
Preceded by | The Tivington Nott |
Followed by | The Sitters |
The Ancestor Game is a 1992 Miles Franklin literary award-winning novel by the Australian author Alex Miller. The Ancestor Game was republished by Allen & Unwin in 2003.
Reviews
'Takes the historical novel to new frontiers. It is fabulous in every sense of the word.' - Commonwealth Writers Prize judges
'Extraordinary fictional portraits of China and Australia.' - New York Times Book Review
'A major new novel of grand design and rich texture, a vast canvas of time and space, its gaze outward yet its vision intimate and intellectually abundant.' - The Age
Awards
- 1993 Winner Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 1993 Winner Overall Best Book Award Commonwealth Writers Prize
- 1993 Shortlisted NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction
- 1992 Joint Winner FAW Barbara Ramsden Award for the Book of the Year
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Preceded by Cloudstreet |
Miles Franklin Award recipient 1993 |
Succeeded by The Grisly Wife |
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