Closing Down is set in a near future when much of Australia has been sold to China,towns and farms are closing, and hundreds of thousands of people are relocating, or leaving behind their homes and histories• Richell prize: Sally Abbott’s vision of a future Australia wins literary awardWhen Robbie remembered his country,which wasn’t often, he thought first of the white summer sun that seemed to light the land from within, or sucking out all green and leaving only grey and brown and gold. He thought of his grandmother and her rose-petal perfume and the sun striking the wooden kitchen floorboards in the House of Many Promises. And he thought of a horse screaming. Related: Richell prize: Sally Abbott's vision of a future Australia wins literary award Continue reading...
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