Lit in Translation

Gregory Day

Australia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2024 · Shortlist

    The Bell of the World

    The Bell of the World

    Gregory Day

    Novel · 416 pages · Nature, Historical, Family

    AI-generated summary:Back in Australia after boarding school in England, troubled young Sarah is sent to live with her eccentric Uncle Ferny on the family's coastal farm, where music, books and the bush bind them together.

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2019 · Shortlist

    A Sand Archive

    A Sand Archive

    Gregory Day

    Novel · 320 pages · Nature

    AI-generated summary:A young writer gathering stories about Victoria's Great Ocean Road finds a forgotten manual by FB Herschell, an engineer who wrote about sand with strange poetry, and grows fascinated by the man himself.