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Oscar and Lucinda Author Peter Carey Cover artist Pierre Le Tan Country Australia Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher University of Queensland Press Publication date 1988 Media type Print (Hardback, Paperback) Pages 528 pp ISBN 0-7022-2116-3 OCLC Number 21002433 LC Classification MLCM 91/08820 (P) PR9619.3.C36 Preceded by Illywhacker Followed by The Tax Inspector Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award.
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[hide][edit] Plot introduction
It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the Cornish son of a Plymouth Brethren minister who becomes an Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the boat over to Australia, and discover that they are both obsessive gamblers. Lucinda bets Oscar that he cannot transport a glass church from Sydney to a remote settlement at Bellingen, some 400 km up the New South Wales coast. This bet changes both their lives forever.
[edit] Inspiration
The novel partly takes its inspiration from Father and Son, the autobiography of the English poet Edmund Gosse, which describes his relationship with his father, Philip Henry Gosse.
[edit] Film
A film version released in 1997 was directed by Gillian Armstrong and starred Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, and Tom Wilkinson.
[edit] External links
- Peter Carey discusses Oscar and Lucinda on the BBC World Book Club
- Oscar and Lucinda at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Oscar and Lucinda at IMDB
Awards and achievements Preceded by
Moon TigerMan Booker Prize recipient
1988Succeeded by
The Remains of the DayPreceded by
Dancing on CoralMiles Franklin Award recipient
1988Succeeded by
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