Oscar and Lucinda
| Oscar and Lucinda | |
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 1st editin (Australia) |
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| Author(s) | Peter Carey |
| Cover artist | Pierre Le Tan |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | UQP |
| Publication date | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) |
| Pages | 528 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7022-2116-3 |
| OCLC Number | 21002433 |
| LC Classification | MLCM 91/08820 (P) PR9619.3.C36 |
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Australian author Peter Carey which won the 1988 Booker Prize, the 1989 Miles Franklin Award, and was shortlisted for The Best of the Booker.
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Plot introduction [edit]
It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the Cornish son of a Plymouth Brethren minister who becomes an Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the ship over to Australia, and discover that they are both gamblers, one obsessive the other compulsive. Lucinda bets Oscar that he cannot transport a glass church from Sydney to a remote settlement at Bellingen, some 400 km up the New South Wales coast. This bet changes both their lives forever.
Inspiration [edit]
The novel partly takes its inspiration from Father and Son, the autobiography of the English poet Edmund Gosse, which describes his relationship with his father, Philip Henry Gosse.
Film [edit]
A film version released in 1997 was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, and Tom Wilkinson.
External links [edit]
- Peter Carey discusses Oscar and Lucinda on the BBC World Book Club
- Oscar and Lucinda at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Oscar and Lucinda at IMDB
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Moon Tiger |
Booker Prize recipient 1988 |
Succeeded by The Remains of the Day |
| Preceded by Dancing on Coral |
Miles Franklin Award recipient 1988 |
Succeeded by Oceana Fine |
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