Five Bells (novel)

The Golden Age
Author Gail Jones
Country Australia
Language English
Genre Novel
Publisher Vintage, Australia
Publication date
2011
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 216
ISBN 9781864710601
Preceded by Sorry

Five Bells (2011) is a novel by Australian author Gail Jones.

Plot summary

Five Bells concerns four main characters who visit Circular Quay in Sydney on the same day: Ellie, a PhD student; James, a teacher; Catherine, an Irish woman mourning the loss of her brother; and Pei Xing, a Chinese woman.

Notes

   Where have you gone? The tide is over you,
The turn of midnight water's over you,
As Time is over you, and mystery,
And memory, the flood that does not flow.
-Kenneth Slessor, "Five Bells"

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