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y separately published work icon The Water Diviner single work   novel   historical fiction  
Alternative title: The Water Diviner : Based on the Original Screenplay by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Water Diviner
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'When the Great War ends, Joshua Connor, a grieving farmer and sometime water diviner from the Mallee in Victoria, sets out to fulfil his wife's dying wish - to travel to Gallipoli to recover the bodies of his three sons and bury them in consecrated ground. Crescent collides with cross, and hope with reason as he discovers that his eldest son, Art, may still be alive. When Connor makes a desperate dash into the perilous heart of Anatolia one question haunts him: If Art is alive, why hasn't he come home?

'This is not a war novel, not even an anti-war novel. Instead it focuses on the battles that go on inside the hearts and minds of a small group of Australians and Turks as they struggle to bury their dead and rebuild their lives after the First World War. The story is based on first-hand resources, diaries and official records.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Note on film and book:

    The novel was published with the banner 'Now a major motion picture' on the front cover, while other sources identify it is a novelisation of the screenplay. As such, the relationship between the two is not one of straightforward adaptation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Italian
    • Milan,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Piemme ,
      2015 .
      image of person or book cover 7284391200676340135.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 318p.
      ISBN: 9788858512999

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
Last amended 2 Sep 2020 12:22:44
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    Australia,
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  • Gallipoli,
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    Turkey,
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    Middle East, Asia,
  • 1919
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