The Sun Walks Down
The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane is a large print edition published by Gale, a Cengage Group in 2023, featuring 607 pages in English. This novel presents the multifaceted story of a boy lost in colonial Australia, set against the backdrop of a small town grappling with the disappearance of six-year-old Denny Wallace during a dust storm. As the community comes together to search for him, the narrative unfolds through the perspectives of various residents, revealing their connections to each other and the landscape they inhabit.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of voices and experiences as the townspeople—ranging from newlyweds to Indigenous trackers—navigate their relationships amid the search. The story captures the complexities of life in 1883 colonial Australia, filled with opinions, longings, and fears, all under the watchful gaze of the sun. The Sun Walks Down explores themes of community, loss, and the interplay between humanity and nature, inviting readers to reflect on the myriad ways lives intersect in times of crisis.
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Fiona McFarlane’s blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.
In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly–newlyweds, farmers, mothers, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, artists, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen–confront their relationships, both with one another and with the land¬scape they inhabit.
The colonial Australia of The Sun Walks Down is noisy with opinions, arguments, longings, and terrors. It’s haunted by many gods–the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.
Told in many ways and by many voices, Fiona McFarlane’s new novel pulses with love, art, and the unbearable divine. It arrives like a vision, mythic and bright with meaning.
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