The Pages (novel)
{{Short description|Book by Murray Bail}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = The Pages
| image = The Pages (novel).jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Murray Bail
| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre =
| publisher = Text Publishing
| release_date = 2008
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 199
| isbn = 9781921351464
| oclc=
| preceded_by = Eucalyptus
| followed_by = The Voyage
}}
The Pages is a 2008 novel by Australian novelist Murray Bail.
Plot summary
An Australian bush philosopher, Wesley Antill, dies, leaving behind a vast collection of philosophical works. His will indicates that it should be published, so Antill's siblings arrange for Erica, a philosopher, and Sophie, a psychoanalyst, to examine the work and decide if it is actually publishable.
Reviews
- The Guardian[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/23/fiction6 The Guardian, "Thinking about the World" by Hermoine Lee, 23 August 2008]
- The New York Times[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/McCulloch-t.html?_r=0 The New York Times, "Woolgathering" by Alison McCulloch, 20 August 2010]
Awards and nominations
- 2009 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award{{Cite web |last=Steger |first=Jason |date=2009-04-16 |title=Melbourne novelist Tsiolkas on Miles Franklin shortlist |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/melbourne-novelist-tsiolkas-on-miles-franklin-shortlist-20090416-ge7sx8.html |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=The Age |language=en}}
- 2009 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction{{Cite web |title=Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2009 Winner |url=http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_09.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505060120/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_09.html |archive-date=2010-05-05 |access-date=2024-01-28}}
- 2009 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Fiction{{cite web|title="2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlist" |publisher= Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030015258/http://www.arts.gov.au/books/pmliteraryawards/shortlists|access-date= 28 January 2024}}
References
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Category:2008 Australian novels