Wanting (novel)

Wanting

First edition
Author Richard Flanagan
Country Australia
Language English
Publisher Knopf, Australia
Publication date
2008
Media type Print Hardback & Paperback
Pages 256 pp
ISBN 978-1-74166-655-7
OCLC 270765982
A823.3 22
LC Class PR9619.3.F525 W36 2008
Preceded by The Unknown Terrorist (2006)

Wanting is a 2008 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan.

Plot summary

Wanting cuts between two stories based on real historical figures under the central theme of 'wanting', and is set in both nineteenth century Tasmania and Britain. One tells the tale of an Aboriginal child, Mathinna, adopted by then governor of Van Diemens Land, Sir John Franklin, and his wife Lady Jane; the other of Charles Dickens love affair with Ellen Ternan after one of his daughters dies.[1]

Reception

Many critics regarded Wanting as one of the best novels of the year.[2][3][4]

Notes

Awards

Reviews

Interviews

References

  1. Flanagan, Richard (2009). Wanting. Random House Australia. pp. Cover blurb. ISBN 978-1-74166-668-7.
  2. Holmes, Rachel (12 September 2009). "Wanting by Richard Flanagan". The Times. London.
  3. "A subtle weaving of passion and despair". The Irish Times. 10 October 2009.
  4. http://www.richardflanaganwanting.com.au/review_smh.aspx


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