Where do these two disparate characters, and an enthralling array of others, truly belong? With her trademark subtlety, wit, and dazzling prose, Michelle de Kretser shows us that, in the 21st century, they belong wherever they want to and can be-home or away. There she meets Ravi, now a Sri Lankan political exile who wants only to see a bit of Australia and make a living. The opening line is fantastic, but the tension it promises dissipates under a rambling prose that is reminiscent of a journey with end. With money from an inheritance, Laura sets off to see the world, eventually returning to Sydney to work for a publisher of travel guides. Their stories alternate throughout Michelle de Kretser's ravishing novel, culminating in unlikely fates for them both, destinies influenced by travel-voluntary in her case, enforced in his. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the globe-exploring the seductive new world of the Internet, his father dead, his mother struggling to get by. Byatt, Guardian Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. "It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book."-A.S. Print Questions of Travel: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013
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