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Can I read The Life to Come on EtoBox?
The Life to Come by De Kretser, Michelle, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Life to Come about?
Set in Sydney, Paris and Sri Lanka, The Life to Come is a mesmerising novel about the stories we tell and don't tell ourselves as individuals, as societies and as nations. It feels at once firmly classic and exhilaratingly contemporary. Pippa is a writer who longs for success. Celeste tries to convince herself that her feelings for her married lover are reciprocated. Ash makes strategic use of his childhood in Sri Lanka but blots out the memory of a tragedy from that time.
Who reads The Life to Come?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- De Kretser, Michelle, author
- Publisher
- Sydney, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781760875046
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (68 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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