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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 Slow Water
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'The year is 1836. English clergyman William Yates sets sail from London, bound for the mission fields of northern New Zealand. Caught up in a mesmerising love affair that will test the imagination of everyone on board, he is utterly transformed. Against the riveting backdrop of a four-month sea voyage and the vividly imagined society of the ship, the story of Yates unfolds, drawing together the inarticulate hopes of the cabin passengers, the immigrant families of steerage and the raw men and boys of the crew. On landfall at Sydney, camaraderie gives way to treachery and the tight world of the ship breaks apart. Everyone is implicated in the scandal that grips the colonial town, yet it is Yates alone who stands to lose not only his reputation but also his life. Based on a true story, Slow Water is a poised and elegant novel of the highest order with its commitment to historical accuracy exquisitely balanced by its modern attention to eroticism and narrative suspense.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wellington UP).

Notes

  • Dedication: For Lee.
  • Sound recording available.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Milsons Point, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Vintage Australia , 2003 .
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      Extent: 340p.
      ISBN: 1740512413

Works about this Work

An Interview with Annamarie Jagose Madeleine Byrne (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 130-131)
Bookmarks Jason Steger , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2004; (p. 6)
A column canvassing current literary news
Six Prizes but Only One Award Malcolm Knox , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Three Dog Night Peter Goldsworthy , 2003 single work novel ; Slow Water Annamarie Rustom Jagose , 2003 single work novel ; Seven Types of Ambiguity Elliot Perlman , 2003 single work novel ; My Life as a Fake Peter Carey , 2003 single work novel ; The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard , 2003 single work novel ; Elizabeth Costello : Eight Lessons J. M. Coetzee , 2003 single work novel
Knox reviews each of the six novels nominated for the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Literary Names Give Award Fresh Life James Hall , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 April 2004; (p. 15)
Love in the Time of Damnation Tony Maniaty , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2003; (p. 8-9)

— Review of Slow Water Annamarie Rustom Jagose , 2003 single work novel ; Misconceptions Terry McGee , 2003 single work novel ; The Girl in the Golden House John B. Biggs , 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel Max Barry , 2003 single work novel
All at Sea on a Voyage Over Troubled Waters Michael McGirr , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 June 2003; (p. 20)

— Review of Slow Water Annamarie Rustom Jagose , 2003 single work novel
Sensual Tale of a Slow Boat to Sydney Bronwyn Rivers , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 June 2003; (p. 5)

— Review of Slow Water Annamarie Rustom Jagose , 2003 single work novel
Love in the Time of Damnation Tony Maniaty , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 August 2003; (p. 8-9)

— Review of Slow Water Annamarie Rustom Jagose , 2003 single work novel ; Misconceptions Terry McGee , 2003 single work novel ; The Girl in the Golden House John B. Biggs , 2003 single work novel ; Jennifer Government : A Novel Max Barry , 2003 single work novel
Six Prizes but Only One Award Malcolm Knox , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 2004; (p. 14)

— Review of Three Dog Night Peter Goldsworthy , 2003 single work novel ; Slow Water Annamarie Rustom Jagose , 2003 single work novel ; Seven Types of Ambiguity Elliot Perlman , 2003 single work novel ; My Life as a Fake Peter Carey , 2003 single work novel ; The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard , 2003 single work novel ; Elizabeth Costello : Eight Lessons J. M. Coetzee , 2003 single work novel
Knox reviews each of the six novels nominated for the 2004 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Raised with a Love of Storytelling Bronwyn Rivers , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 June 2003; (p. 3a)
Literary Names Give Award Fresh Life James Hall , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 April 2004; (p. 15)
Bookmarks Jason Steger , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 October 2004; (p. 6)
A column canvassing current literary news
An Interview with Annamarie Jagose Madeleine Byrne (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 18 no. 2 2004; (p. 130-131)
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