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The Last Days of Ava Langdon

The Last Days of Ava Langdon( )
Author: O'Flynn, Mark
ISBN:978-0-7022-5415-4
Publication Date:Jun 2016
Publisher:University of Queensland Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

Ava Langdon is often not herself. Having fled her early life in New Zealand and endured the loss of her children, she now lives as a recluse in the Blue Mountains. Regarded by locals as a colourful eccentric, she dresses in men's clothes and fearlessly pursues her artistic path. All that matters to Ava is her writing. Words offer beauty and a sense of possibility when so much else has been lost. But can they offer her redemption in her last days? Poetic, poignant, and at...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Biographical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.006 x 8.853 x 0.624 Inches
Book Weight:0.675 Pounds
Author Biography
O'Flynn, Mark (Author)
Mark O'Flynn was born on September 17, 1958 in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts. He worked in the theatre and had several plays produced. He had several works of poetry published which included The Too Bright Sun, The Good Oil, What Can Be Proven, and most recently The Soup's Song. His other works include a novella Captain Cook, a play Paterson's Curse, and his memoir False Start, A Memoir of things Best Forgotten. His novels include Grassdogs, The Forgotten World, White Light, and The Last Days of Ava Langdon, for which he won the 2017 Voss Literary Prize.

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