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West

West( )
Author: Davies, Carys
ISBN:978-1-925626-57-5
Publication Date:Apr 2018
Publisher:Text Publishing Company
Book Format:Digital download
List Price:AUD $19.99
Book Description:

Westis an exquisite first novel set on the American frontier.

Addled by grief after the death of his wife, and prompted by reports of colossal animal bones found in Kentucky, John Cyrus Bellman sets off on his quest, leaving behind his only daughter, Bess, to be cared for by her aunt.

While Bellman ventures farther into the wilderness, forging an uneasy fellowship with his guide, a Native American boy, Bess traces her father's path on maps at the local library...
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Book Details
Pages:160
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Author Biography
Davies, Carys (Author)


Carys Davies is an Australian author who won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award-the world's richest prize for a short-story collection. Davies won the ¿25,000 (A$37,312) prize for her second collection The Redemption of Galen Pike (Salt Publishing). The prize will be presented to Davies at the closing of the Cork International Short Story Festival in September 2015.

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