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Questions of Travel : A Novel by de Kretser, Michelle is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Questions of Travel : A Novel about?

Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the globe -- exploring the seductive new world of the Internet, his father dead, his mother struggling to get by.Their stories alternate throughout Michelle de Kretser's ravishing novel, culminating in unlikely fates for them both, destinies influenced by travel -- voluntary in her case, enforced in his. With money from an inheritance, Laura sets off to see the world, eventually returning to Sydney to work for a publisher of travel guides. There she meets Ravi, now a Sri Lankan political exile who wants only to see a bit of Australia and make a living. Where do these two disparate characters, and an enthralling array of others, truly belong? With her trademark subtlety, wit, and dazzling prose, Michelle de Kretser shows us that, in the 21st century, they belong wherever they want to and can be -- home or away. "It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book." -- A.S. Byatt, The Guardian

Who reads Questions of Travel : A Novel?

Author

de Kretser, Michelle

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316219242

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.2 / 5 (297 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14