![]() 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. Part of de Kretser's point seems to be that the privileged travellers of the affluent West share a travel heritage, a way of looking and of describing that makes the world seem navigable and. 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. Using this as your staring point, write a response in the form of a short story or an essay about needing to get away. You often hear people say, ‘I need to get away’. "It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book."-A.S. One of the questions Michelle de Kretser asks is why we travel. ![]() ![]() Print Questions of Travel: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013 ![]()
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