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‘An engrossing novel of ideas.’
Glyn Davis, ABR Books of the Year 2021
‘Outstanding…Romantic, dramatic, intelligent, cultured, enigmatic, cinematic…Rothwell walks alongside W. G. Sebald, Bruce Chatwin and Teju Cole…[Red Heaven] made me feel alive as I read.’
Australian
‘Red Heaven is the account, rendered on a grand scale by the most exquisite and enigmatic figure in contemporary Australian literature, of how one boy grew out of his tangled inheritance and found his own.’
Saturday Paper
‘Nicolas Rothwell is exquisite, a writer whose work is hung with the insignia of the world’s art and literature. He is a cultivated writer…Red Heaven is a book that will fascinate the literary seeker.’
Peter Craven, SMH/Age
‘A work of genuine intellectual exploration, original and provocative.’
Australian Book Review
'Full of literary parallels, symbols and ideas rather than dramatic movement, Red Heaven stretches the boundaries of fiction.’
Historical Novel Society
‘Red Heaven is a dazzling novel for the ages…a novel that transcends time and place.’
Judges comments for the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
‘An engrossing novel of ideas.’
Glyn Davis, ABR Books of the Year 2021
‘Outstanding…Romantic, dramatic, intelligent, cultured, enigmatic, cinematic…Rothwell walks alongside W. G. Sebald, Bruce Chatwin and Teju Cole…[Red Heaven] made me feel alive as I read.’
Australian
‘Red Heaven is the account, rendered on a grand scale by the most exquisite and enigmatic figure in contemporary Australian literature, of how one boy grew out of his tangled inheritance and found his own.’
Saturday Paper
‘Nicolas Rothwell is exquisite, a writer whose work is hung with the insignia of the world’s art and literature. He is a cultivated writer…Red Heaven is a book that will fascinate the literary seeker.’
Peter Craven, SMH/Age
‘A work of genuine intellectual exploration, original and provocative.’
Australian Book Review
'Full of literary parallels, symbols and ideas rather than dramatic movement, Red Heaven stretches the boundaries of fiction.’
Historical Novel Society
‘Red Heaven is a dazzling novel for the ages…a novel that transcends time and place.’
Judges comments for the 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
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