Pool
- Authors
- D'Ath, Justin
- Publisher
- Ford Street Press
- Tags
- health & daily living , fantasy & magic , juvenile nonfiction , general , juvenile fiction , social issues
- ISBN
- 9781876462512
- Date
- 2007-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.58 MB
- Lang
- en
Justin D Ath s Pool is a beautifully modulated novel that explores adolescent transitions and discoveries in seamless prose. Sixteen-year-old Wolfgang Mulqueen works at the public swimming pool in New Lourdes, Victoria, where pilgrims from across the world travel to test the waters curative powers. In the course of a long hot summer, Wolfgang is forced to confront his own strengths and limitations. D Ath juxtaposes intriguing characters, metaphors and events - a blind girl, a black butterfly, a tragic 18-year-old mystery - to create a truly original work. Pool is a powerful and moving novel about love, death, faith and family."