Dreams of Speaking

by Gail Jones

Book Overview

Far away from home and her beloved but distant sister, Norah, Alice meets an old Japanese man on a train journey. Together they form an unlikely friendship at a crucial point in Alice's life where she is reflecting upon her family and her past, and disentangling herself from an old love affair.

Alice is fascinated by the poetry of technology, and Mr Sakomoto, a survivor of the atomic bomb, entrances her with his amazing stories of twentieth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 009947204X
• ISBN13: 9780099472049
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"