- Title:
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The Labyrinth
- Written by:
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Amanda Lohrey
- Read by:
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Danielle Carter
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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7 hours 3 minutes
- Published:
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December 01 2022
- Available Date:
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December 01 2022
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038628749
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; General Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Award winning author
Miles Franklin Winner
Australian author
Winner Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021
Longlisted ALS Gold Medal 2021
Shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award 2021
Shortlisted Premier’s Prize for Fiction 2022
Winner Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022
Shortlisted Voss Literary Prize 2021
The Labyrinth is a hypnotic story of guilt and denial, of the fraught relationship between parents and children, that is also a meditation on how art can both be ruthlessly destructive and restore sanity.
Erica Marsden’s son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet hamlet on the southeast coast near the prison where he is serving his sentence.
There, in a rundown shack, she obsesses over creating a labyrinth by the ocean. To build it – to find a way out of her quandary – Erica will need the help of strangers. And that will require her to trust, and to reckon with her past.
'The release of a new Amanda Lohrey novel is always a moment to look forward to and The Labyrinth (Text) looks set to be one of her most successful yet – mystical, earthed and beautifully told.'
The Age
'A deeply meditative book … [Amanda Lohrey’s] writing here is beautifully layered, rich in imagery and meaning, without ever being laboured …The Labyrinth offers a pull towards the unknown and a comfort in solitude.'
Guardian
'The pace of the book reflects the contemplative nature of walking a labyrinth, both the inner one and the physical one that mirrors it.'
The Herald Sun
'Iridescent …The Labyrinth is a nuanced and engrossing novel of bread and bones broken, the trace and rack of violence, and threads that lead the way out of exile.'
Saturday Paper