Lovesong (novel)
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| Author | Alex Miller |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin, Australia |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 254 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-74237-366-9 |
Lovesong is a 2009 novel by the Australian author Alex Miller.[1]
Australian tourist, John Patterner, finds himself drawn to Sabiha, who with her widowed aunt run the Tunisian cafe Chez Dom on the outskirts of Paris. The two marry and Sabiha longs for a daughter, but the two, for some reason appear unable to conceive. Years later, in Melbourne Australia, John tells his tragic story to Ken, an ageing writer.
Notes
Dedication
"For Stephanie and for our children Ross and Kate. And for Erin."
Epigraph
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!
— The Song of Solomon
