A husband hovers at the edge of fatherhood as his wife judders through labour. The novel follows the breakdown of the lives of a man and wife in the aftermath of the death of their firstborn. By Daniel Davis Wood Brio, 450pp, 32.99 Beejay Silcox A monument to fatherly grief, Daniel Davis Wood’s new novel At the Edge Of The Solid World begins with the incandescent hopefulness of a birth. On the far side of the world, in their hometown of Sydney, a man on the margins of Australian society commits an act of shocking violence that galvanises international attention. Description In today’s episode, Naama Grey-Smith reads her review of At the Edge of the Solid World, the second book of fiction by the Australian writer Daniel Davis Wood. Language eng Summary In a snowbound village in the heart of the Alps, a husband and wife find their lives breaking apart in the days and months following the death of their firstborn. Label At the edge of the solid world Title At the edge of the solid world Statement of responsibility Daniel Davis Wood Creator His dbut novel, Blood and Bone, won the Viva La Novella Prize in his native Australia, and his follow-up, At the Edge of the Solid World, was published to.
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