{"product_id":"9781529389821-sun-walks-down","title":"The Sun Walks Down","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Steinbeckian majesty' - Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent novel by the prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Guest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe High Places\u003c\/i\u003e, an epic tale of unsettlement, history, myth, art and love - and of a small boy lost in the Australian desert.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A blazing mystery . tremendous' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moving and masterful' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterful storytelling' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable. It is marvellous' Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Remarkable' \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MASTERFUL NOVEL BY THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE NIGHT GUEST \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE HIGH PLACES\u003c\/i\u003e, AN EPIC TALE OF UNSETTLEMENT, HISTORY, MYTH, LOVE AND ART.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly - newlyweds, landowners, farmers, mothers, artists, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen - confront their relationships with each other and with the ancient landscape they inhabit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe colonial Australia of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down\u003c\/i\u003e is unfamiliar, multicultural, and noisy with opinions, arguments, longings and terrors. It's haunted by many gods - the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'McFarlane's treatment of the dust storm has a simple Steinbeckian majesty . Her prose is full of detail, comparable to Claire Keegan's keen-eyed novellas, \u003ci\u003eFoster \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmall Things Like These' Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling success . full of mystery and wonder' \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fiona McFarlane's last book was scintillating. \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Walks Down\u003c\/i\u003e is even better' Sarah Moss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gorgeous storytelling and superb characters . magnificent' Michelle de Kretser\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I can't think of another writer working today who I admire more'  Kevin Powers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'G\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eloriously orchestrated . kaleidoscopic in the Victorian tradition, as much a portrait of a community as \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch \u003c\/i\u003e. McFarlane knows what she's doing, and she does it exceptionally well' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40739854090337,"sku":"9781529389821","price":18.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27204780.jpg?v=1721570278","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529389821-sun-walks-down","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}