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2 y separately published work icon The Opal Seekers Patricia Shaw , ( trans. Annette Hahn with title Brennender Traum ) Rheda-Wiedenbruck : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland , 1997 Z551344 1996 single work novel

'In 1898 poverty threatens to destroy Trella Court's beloved family. She is left with no choice: her brother-in-law, Brodie, must leave home so that there is one less mouth to feed. Bitter with resentment, Brodie travels to Dublin where he stumbles upon a wealthy employer who offers him passage to Australia, the land of untold riches. In Brisbane Brodie is taken in by the owner of Fairlea cattle station. But before they leave he catches sight of a beautiful opal necklace glistening in a jeweller's window and vows that one day he will go in search of the dazzling stones and make his fortune. At Fairlea, Brodie finds favour when he saves the owner's life, but Vivien Holloway, the spoilt mistress, causes trouble when her harmless flirtation with Brodie turns into a passionate affair. Soon Brodie is looking for a way out of Fairlea and he finds his escape in the hunt for opals...' (Publication summary)
5 2 y separately published work icon The Piano : A Novel Jane Campion , Kate Pullinger , ( trans. Carina von Enzenberg with title Das Piano: Der Roman ) Rheda-Wiedenbruck Vienna : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland Bertelsmann , 1995 Z142858 1994 single work novel historical fiction Based on Jane Campion's award winning film, this novel tells the story of Ada, who with her piano and her nine-year-old, illegitimate daughter Flora, migrates to the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Mute since the age of six, Ada's piano is her voice. When her new husband exchanges it for land, Ada strikes a bargain with the new owner, the tattooed, illiterate Baines. (Libraries Australia record)
13 9 y separately published work icon Masterclass Morris West , ( trans. Dietlind Kaiser with title Das meisterwerk ) Vienna : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland , 1990 Z205396 1988 single work novel

'When the daughter of an old Florentine family dies, she leaves a bequest to her lover Max Mather, an American art historian who has been managing the family's rare art collection. Mather is left with two priceless artworks by the great Renaissance master Raphael—without the family's knowledge. As Mather contrives to have the artworks discovered at auction in New York, big-time collectors, dealers and auctioneers are drawn into his game. In trying to out-deal the deal-makers, he becomes embroiled in a tangled web surrounding the brutal murder of a promiscuous Manhattan painter, Madeleine Bayard. The two stories intertwine in this fast-paced tale of intrigue and murder in the international art world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
15 1 y separately published work icon The Navigator Morris West , ( trans. Werner Peterich with title Insel der Seefahrer : ein Sud-See Roman ) Vienna : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland , 1979 Z529900 1976 single work novel

'Son of a Norwegian master-mariner and grandson of Kaloni, the last of the great Polynesian navigators, Gunnar Thorkild is a man consumed by a dream. Convinced that the Polynesians' legendary Island of the Dead is real, he risks his career, his life—and those of his fellow adventurers—to find it.

'Shipwrecked on the very island they seek, the castaways are forced to leave behind everything they know and rely upon. To survive in this lush tropical paradise, they must make new laws of power and property, of sex and marriage.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
4 y separately published work icon The Road Under the Sea Ruth Park , ( trans. Nina Peschler with title Sturm auf Paroa : eine Südsee-Geschichte fur die Jugend ) Buchgemeinschaft Donauland , 1976 Z836682 1962 single work children's fiction children's mystery
16 16 y separately published work icon Summer of the Red Wolf Morris West , ( trans. Hansjurgen Wille et. al. )agent with title Der rote Wolf: Roman eines Sommers ) Stuttgart Gutersloh Vienna Berlin : Europ. Bildungsgemeinschaft Bertelsmann Buchgemeinschaft Donauland Dt. Buch-Gemeinschaft , 1973 Z529597 1971 single work novel

'A famous writer travels to the remote, windswept islands of Scotland's Outer Hebrides looking for peace of mind and a chance to dispel his inner demons.

'On the way, a car accident throws him together with the raven-haired doctor Kathleen McNeil. He also falls in with the Red Wolf, a man who lives by the old codes—some of them violent. As a love triangle develops, the refined, civilised writer finds himself pitted against the rough-hewn man of nature.

'Summer of the Red Wolf is an epic story for a modern age; a fast-paced narrative in a rugged landscape, driven by the timeless themes of love and jealousy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).
25 15 y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Eine Stadt wie Alice ) Vienna : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland , 1962 Z564787 1950 single work novel

'Nevil Shute’s most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.

'Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. But it turns out that they have a gift for her as well: the news that the young Australian soldier, Joe Harmon, who had risked his life to help the women, had miraculously survived. Jean’s search for Joe leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals.' (Publication summary)
9 1 y separately published work icon Ajax the Warrior Mary Elwyn Patchett , ( trans. Walter Schurenberg )expression Vienna : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland , 1956 Z1344565 1953 single work autobiography children's adventure
— Appears in: Quatre aventures de Ajax, le chien sans peur 1958;
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