Sixty Lights
{{Short description|2004 novel by Gail Jones}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
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{{Infobox book|
| name = Sixty Lights
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| image = Sixty Lights.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Gail Jones
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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| genre = Novel
| publisher = Harvill Press, London
| release_date = 2004
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| media_type = Print (Paperback)
| pages = 249 pp
| isbn = 1-84343-196-3
| dewey = 823.9'14 22
| congress = PR9619.3.J6863 S59 2004
| oclc = 56657798
| preceded_by = Black Mirror
| followed_by = Dreams of Speaking
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Sixty Lights is a 2004 novel by Australian author Gail Jones.{{cite web|title= Sixty Lights by Gail Jones|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3314151|access-date= 1 May 2024}}
Themes
The novel explores the themes of the family relationships, marriage, death and loss.
The novel also explore deeper themes of an individuals inner mindscape, femininity, and the power of language.
Dedication
"For my brothers, Peter and Kevin Jones."
Awards
- Booker Prize, 2004: longlisted{{Cite web |title=The Man Booker Prize 2004 {{!}} The Booker Prizes |url=https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2004 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=thebookerprizes.com |language=en |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329071330/https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2004 |url-status=live }}
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction, 2004: winner{{cite web|title="Australian Literary Awards: Western Australian Premier's" |publisher= University Libraries, University of Washington|url=https://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341672&p=2299464|access-date= 23 May 2025}}
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2004: winner
- Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2005: commended
- Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2005: shortlisted{{Cite web |date=2005-06-23 |title=Book contest Miles behind |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/book-contest-miles-behind-20050623-ge0e6u.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=The Age |language=en}}
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2005: shortlisted
- Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2005{{cite web|title= ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners |publisher= Association for the Study of Australian Literature|url= https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/|access-date= 23 May 2025}}
- The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2005: winner{{Cite web |date=2005-08-20 |title=More than restaurants |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/more-than-restaurants-20050820-ge0q5r.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=27 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627064726/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/more-than-restaurants-20050820-ge0q5r.html |url-status=live }}
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2005: shortlisted{{Cite web |date= |title=The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction: Shortlist 2005 |url=http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/shortlist2005.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812170925/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/shortlist2005.html |archive-date=2008-08-12 |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=State Library of Victoria}}
- South Australia Premier's Awards Fiction, 2006: winner{{cite web|website=State Library of South Australia|url=https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/past-literary-award-winners|title=Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners|access-date=23 May 2025}}
- South Australia Premier's Awards Best Overall Published Work, 2006: winner
- International Dublin Literary Award, 2006: longlisted
Notes
- This novel was translated for Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and German editions.{{cite web|title= Austlit — Sixty Lights by Gail Jones |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C515514|access-date= 1 May 2024}}
Reviews
- "The Age" [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/18/1092765003194.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true]
- "The Asian Review of Books" [https://archive.today/20130117085300/http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=461]
- "Australian Book Review" [https://web.archive.org/web/20080919171444/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Sept04/Tuffield.htm]
- "The Guardian" [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/sep/25/featuresreviews.guardianreview32]
References
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{{The Age Book of the Year Awards – Fiction (or Imaginative Writing) Award}}
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Category:2004 Australian novels
Category:ALS Gold Medal–winning works
Category:Nonlinear narrative novels
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