Heat and Light

by van Neervan, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780702265990
• ISBN10: 0702265993
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-03-01
• Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Summary

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real. Over three parts, van Neerven takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In ‘ Heat’ , we meet several generations of the Kresinger family and the legacy left by the mysterious Pearl. In ‘ Water’ , a futuristic world is imagined and the fate of a people threatened. In ‘ Light’ , familial ties are challenged and characters are caught between a desire for freedom and a sense of belonging. Heat and Light is an intriguing collection that heralded the arrival of a major new talent in Australian writing.

Author Biography

Ellen van Neerven is an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. Ellen’ s first book, Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award and the NSW Premier’ s Literary Awards Indigenous Writers Prize. They are the author of two poetry collections: Comfort Food, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’ s Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize; and Throat, which won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, the Multicultural NSW Award and Book of the Year in the NSW Premier’ s Literary Awards. Ellen’ s first non-fiction book is Personal Score.