A story of incantatory beauty set in the wilds of Australia, Susan Elderkin's second novel The Voices has earned her the distinction from Granta as one of the Best Young British Writers Under 40. In the remote, blood red dust of the Australian bush, thirteen-year-old Billy Saint turns to the stark landscape and mesmerizing spirits of the native Aborigines for the companionship he lacks at home. When he is befriended by Maisie, an enigmatic Aboriginal girl who has "sung him up," he slowly comes to realize that he is meddling with powers far beyond his control. Ten years later, Billy lies in a hospital bed, recovering from gruesome wounds of mysterious origin. Shifting between his hospital stay and the childhood that led him there, The Voices unfolds into a haunting exploration of the relationship between a white man, the land he loves, and the native spirits of the country struggling to be heard before they are lost forever.
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Hardback Editions
October 2003 : Hardback
| Title: The Voices: A Novel Author(s): Susan Elderkin ISBN: 0-8021-1757-0 / 978-0-8021-1757-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2003 : Hardback
| Title: The Voices Author(s): Susan Elderkin ISBN: 1-84115-201-3 / 9781841152011 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Voices Author(s): Susan Elderkin ISBN: 1-84115-202-1 / 9781841152028 (UK edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Voices Author(s): Susan Elderkin ISBN: 0-00-724091-0 / 978-0-00-724091-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Voices Author(s): Susan Elderkin ISBN: 0-8021-4170-6 / 978-0-8021-4170-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Voices Author(s): Susan Elderkin, Henry Miller ISBN: 0-8021-4159-5 / 978-0-8021-4159-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2003 : Paperback
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2003 : Paperback
| Title: The Voices Author(s): Susan Elderkin Publisher: Grove Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
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