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Wonders of a Godless World (Paperback)
Short Description for Wonders of a Godless WorldOn an island in a Gothic hospital sitting in the shadow of a volcano, a wordless orphan girl works on the wards housing the insane and the incapable. When a silent, unmoving and unnerving new patient - a foreigner - arrives at the hospital, strange phenomena occur, and the lives of the patients and the island's inhabitants are thrown into turmoil.
Full description- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Published: 01 October 2009
- Format: Paperback 260 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781741758092 ISBN 10: 1741758092
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Full description for Wonders of a Godless World
On an unnamed island, in a Gothic hospital sitting in the shadow of a volcano, a wordless orphan girl works on the wards housing the insane and the incapable. When a silent, unmoving and unnerving new patient - a foreigner - arrives at the hospital, strange phenomena occur, bizarre murders take place, and the lives of the patients and the island's inhabitants are thrown into turmoil. What happens between them is an extraordinary exploration of consciousness, reality and madness. Wonders of a Godless World, the new novel from Miles Franklin-winner Andrew McGahan, is a huge and dramatic beast of a book. It is a thought-provoking investigation into character and consciousness, a powerful cautionary tale, and a head-stretching fable about the earth, nature and the power of the mind.

