The Glade Within the Grove

1996 novel by André Brink
1-85702-452-4OCLC60307757
Dewey Decimal
823/.914 21LC ClassPR9619.3.F6 I5 1999Preceded byMates of Mars Followed byIn the New Country 

The Glade within the Grove is a 1996 novel by Australian author David Foster.[1]

It won the 1997 Miles Franklin Award.[2]

Synopsis

Retired postman D’Arcy D’Oliveres, of Dog Rock finds an undelivered package at the bottom of an old mail bag. In the package is the manuscript of an epic poem called the Ballad of Erinungarah written by a young man named Timothy Papadirnitriou.

Critical reception

Geoffrey Dutton in The Australian Book review stated: "The Glade Within the Grove asks the deepest questions, of love and life and where the gods have gone. It is a novel of great importance, by any standards...[it] is the work of a master craftsman with a prodigious imagination."[3]

Awards

Awards for The Glade Within the Grove
Year Award Result Ref.
1998 International Dublin Literary Award Shortlist
1997 Miles Franklin Literary Award Winner
1996 James Joyce Foundation Suspended Sentence Award Winner
1996 The Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction Shortlist
1996 NBC Banjo Award for Fiction Shortlist

References

  1. ^ "Austlit - The Glade within the Grove by David Foster". Austlit. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Austlit - The Glade within the Grove - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ "The Glade Within the Grove by David Foster" by Geoffrey Dutton, Feb-March 1996

See also

  • 1996 in Australian literature
  • Middlemiss.org
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miles Franklin Award recipient
1997 		Succeeded by
Jack Maggs


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