Traitor (Daisley novel) explained

Traitor
Author:Stephen Daisley
Country:Australia
Language:English
Genre:novel
Publisher:Text Publishing, Australia
Release Date:2010
English Release Date:2 August 2010
Media Type:Print (Paperback)
Pages:239
Isbn:9781921656491
Followed By:Coming Rain

Traitor is a 2007 novel written by New Zealand author Stephen Daisley. It won the Prime Minister's Literary Award in Australia in 2011 for Best Fiction.[1]

Plot summary

Young New Zealand soldier David Monroe is fighting at Gallipoli in World War I when he meets a Turkish doctor, Mohammad. As they tend to a wounded soldier a bomb bursts nearby and both are sent to an army hospital on the island of Lemnos. The novel explores the growing friendship between the two men, and two cultures, as they recover from their wounds.

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Review

James Bradley in The Australian noted: "At its best, Daisley's prose possesses a shimmering, allusive beauty reminiscent of John McGahern. Sequences such as the stunning description of the ageing David's journey out into a rainy morning to supervise the lambing lend the novel an almost sacred quality."[2]

Awards and nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Black . Eleanor . 2016-05-18 . Prize-winning author Stephen Daisley: "If you jump, the net will appear" . 2023-05-22 . Stuff . en.
  2. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/books/bucolic-redemption-from-horrors-of-war/story-e6frg8nf-1225897571986 "Bucolic redemption from horrors of war" by James Bradley, The Australian, 31 July 2010
  3. Web site: Black . Eleanor . 2016-05-18 . Prize-winning author Stephen Daisley: "If you jump, the net will appear" . 2023-05-22 . Stuff . en.
  4. Web site: Black . Eleanor . 2016-05-18 . Prize-winning author Stephen Daisley: "If you jump, the net will appear" . 2023-05-22 . Stuff . en.