![]() Son of a famed and sexually ruthless novelist, Leith begins to resist his own self sufficiency nurtured by war. In its wake, Aldred Leith, an acclaimed hero of the conflict, has spent two years in China at work on an account of world transforming change there. The Great Fire of the Second World War has convulsed Europe and Asia. Aphoristic and iridescent, her language turns paragraphs into events.’ Webster Schott, The Washington Post Book World Unforgettably rich.’ Anne Tyler, The New Republic’Luminous… Both plot and characters are many layered. With a highly structured plot reminiscent of Greek tragedy.’ Gail Godwin, The New York Times Book Review’A wonderfully mysterious book… Combines the satisfaction of a family saga… Gorgeously written and intricately constructed, Hazzard’s novel is a story of place: Sydney, London, New York, Stockholm of time: from the fifties to the eighties and above all, of women and men in their passage through the displacements and absurdities of modern life. ![]() What happens to these young women seduction and abandonment, marriage and widowhood, love and betrayal becomes as moving and wonderful and yet as predestined as the transits of the planets themselves. It tells the story of two orphan sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, as they leave Australia to start a new life in post war England. ![]() The Transit of Venus is considered Shirley Hazzard’s most brilliant novel. ![]()
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