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DescriptionWinner of the 1999 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book A New York Times Notable Book of 1998 "There is such delight in Eucalyptus, such a strange and sly and swerving humour -- You will never forget what is at the heart of this novel -- one of the great and most surprising courtships in literature." --Michael Ondaatje Amidst the spearing light and broken shadows of Australia's Outback, a man named Holland raises his daughter, Ellen. As she grows into a woman of unusual beauty, he tends an orchard that boasts every species of eucalyptus. When Ellen is nineteen, her father makes an announcement: she will marry the man who can successfully name each tree. What emerges is a story scintillating with sudden wisdom and spiky truths, a modern-day fairy tale that affirms the seductive power of storytelling itself. AwardsWinner of Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book South East Asia and South Pacific 1999. Shortlisted for APA Design Awards: Australian Paper Best Designed Hardback 1998 and Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 1999 and Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award 1998 and Miles Franklin Literary Award 1999. |