Lit in Translation

Frank Moorhouse

Born 1938 · Australia

In English
2 of 2

Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2012 · Shortlist

    Cold Light

    Cold Light

    Frank Moorhouse · 73 when first published

    Novel · 704 pages · Historical, Politics · Edith Trilogy, book 3

    AI-generated summary:In 1950, with the League of Nations gone and its veterans shut out of the United Nations, Edith Campbell Berry comes home to Canberra and waits for a call to become Australia's first woman ambassador.

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2001 · Winner

    Dark Palace

    Dark Palace

    Frank Moorhouse · 62 when first published

    Novel · 678 pages · Historical, Politics · Edith Trilogy, book 2

    AI-generated summary:In 1930s Geneva, the Australian Edith Campbell Berry works for the League of Nations as her marriage fails and the world drifts toward another war, when Ambrose Westwood, the Englishman she once loved, comes back.