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Turning back the sun

Turning back the sun

by Colin Thubron

1991FictionRace relationsFrontier and pioneer lifeIndigenous peoplesFrontier and pioneer life, fiction
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FictionRace relationsFrontier and pioneer lifeIndigenous peoplesFrontier and pioneer life, fictionFiction, general
First published 1991

Setting

Australia

About the author

Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron

1939-06-14

Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron (born 14 June 1939) is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, *The Times* ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to *The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement* and *The New York Times.* His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Author

Colin Thubron

First published

1991

Pages

208

Read time

≈ 5h

Editions

6

Language

English

Publisher

Heinemann

ISBN

9780099287681

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