After Darkness (novel)

After Darkness (2014) is a novel by Australian author Christine Piper. It won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 2014 and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2015.

After Darkness
AuthorChristine Piper
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Genrenovel
PublisherAllen & Unwin, Australia
Publication date
2014
Published in English
22 April 2014
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages304
ISBN9781743319888

Plot summary

The novel follows the story, told in three intertwined narrative strands, of Tomakazu Ibaraki, a Japanese doctor living in Australia around the time of World War II. The first strand deals with Ibaraki's arrival in a detainment camp in South Australia in 1942 after the outbreak of war; the second with Ibaraki's arrival in Broome in 1938 to work in a hospital there; and the third concerns his marriage in Tokyo in 1934.

Reviews
  • David Messer in Sydney Morning Herald noted the novel "addresses timeless themes such as friendship, personal conscience and others less welcome – racism, nationalism and the way a commitment to bureaucracy can lead to the worst excesses and injustices."[1]
  • Linda Funnell in The Newtown Review of Books stated: "This is a thoughtful and beautifully put together novel; it is not easy in parts, but its trajectory is ultimately one of hope, and in its humanity glows like the lanterns launched onto Broome's Roebuck Bay".[2]
  • Joanne Peulen of Booklover Book Reviews stated: "There is an understated and refined, almost ageless quality, to Piper’s prose. Any musician understands it is the quieter passages of a concerto that draw in the listener and heighten their emotional engagement with a piece. Piper has translated this knowledge to the pages of After Darkness.[3]

Awards and nominations
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References
  1. "Christine Piper's Vogel winner, After Darkness", Sydney Morning Herald, 30 May 2014
  2. ""Christine Piper After Darkness" by Linda Funnell, The Newtown Review of Books, 26 June 2014". Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. "Book Review - After Darkness by Christine Piper" by Joanne Peulen, Booklover Book Reviews, 18 June 2014
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