At the Edge of the Solid World

The firstborn child of an Australian couple living in a snow-covered Swiss village has died, and in the weeks and months that follow their marriage begins to fracture. Unable to sleep and pulled towards self-destruction, the husband withdraws from his wife. Meanwhile, back in Sydney, where both grew up, a man living at the edges of society commits a terrible act of violence, and the world takes notice. The husband sees his own sorrow mirrored in those who survived the attack and even in the attacker. Poring over every detail of the case, he sinks deeper into sleeplessness and trauma and into the question of how much different lives are worth, in a long novel about bereavement, the endurance and frailty of families, and the stories people tell themselves.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Switzerland, Australia

First published

2020

Author's age

37 when first published

ISBN

9781922267009 (Brio Books, Australia)