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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 The Presence of Angels
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'"Lying in her arms, he had imagined the city as angels might see it, from far above. What would they see? Would they shake their heads, ringlets bronzed against the purple sky, and move away on wings coated, before there was time to flap, coated with carbon and a touch on the end of very pin feather, a daub of jewelled lead?"

'In the shadow of grief, Sally leaves England to live in Kuala Lumpur on secondment. Henry, a talented young architect, is lured there on contract for a building project. Both are outsiders to KL, drawn into the whirlpool of cultures, creeds and traditions. Unexpectedly both in their separate lives, find love.

'But in this steamy city the edges of what is real and what isn't seem blurred. And while the paths of the two sets of lovers never cross, they become inextricably tangled together in the city's weave.

'A unique story, exquisitely told, of the fragility of love, the surprise gift of life and the power of fate.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2001 .
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      Extent: 291p.
      ISBN: 0140299173

Works about this Work

Two Novels Thuy On , 2001-2002 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 237 2001-2002; (p. 54-55)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel ; Coldwater Mardi McConnochie , 2001 single work novel
Intricately Woven Love Affairs Katharine England , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 September 2001; (p. 27)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
On a Wing and a Prayer Mat Karim Raslan , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 September 2001; (p. 13)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Kuala Lumpur, Haven and Trap Carolyn Tetaz , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 August 2001; (p. 11)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Love and Faith - The Perils of the Heart Hamilton Smith , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 August 2001; (p. 16)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Sitting in the Traffic with Angels Mary Philip , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 August 2001; (p. 6)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Love and Faith - The Perils of the Heart Hamilton Smith , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 August 2001; (p. 16)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Kuala Lumpur, Haven and Trap Carolyn Tetaz , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 19 August 2001; (p. 11)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
On a Wing and a Prayer Mat Karim Raslan , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 September 2001; (p. 13)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Intricately Woven Love Affairs Katharine England , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 September 2001; (p. 27)

— Review of The Presence of Angels Margaret Barbalet , 2001 single work novel
Exploring through Prose the Sense of Spirituality Philip O'Brien , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 18 March 2001; (p. 54)
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