The novel uses T. S. Eliot's poem "Little Gidding" from Four Quartets as a starting point. The time is 1941 and London is experiencing The Blitz. Iris, a young civil servant, has volunteered to be an aircraft spotter on a building in Russell Square. Another spotter is Eliot himself, as the building is the headquarters of the publishing house, Faber & Faber. Late one night the pair witness the crash of a British Wellington bomber, and Eliot goes on to write his poem utilising this incident. At the initial public reading of the poem, Jim, the pilot of the crashed aircraft, happens to be in the audience and recognises his accident being depicted in the poem.
Notes
Epigraph:
Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, The superstitious atheist...
– "Bishop Blougram's Apology", Robert Browning.
Reviews
Andrew Reimer in The Sydney Morning Herald noted that the book is a "highly accomplished novel...eloquent and assured."[2]
Andrew Fuhrmann in The Sydney Review of Books states: "So clear and careful is the prose in A World of Other People that it produces a kind of dreamy dollhouse effect, a toy theatre, a meticulously reconstructed model London with a T.S. Eliot doll at its centre, ventriloquially recognisable, albeit speaking in squeaks and stammers. There is also a sense of stillness, a sense of intimacy: a kind of prosaic equivalent to the Quartets and their air of a closed or self-contained world.[3]
Awards and nominations
2014 shortlisted Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature — Award for Fiction
world, other, people, 2013, novel, australian, author, steven, carroll, joint, winner, 2014, prime, minister, literary, awards, first, editionauthorsteven, carrollcountryaustralialanguageenglishgenrenovelpublisherfourth, estate, australiapublication, date2013m. A World of Other People 2013 is a novel by Australian author Steven Carroll It was the joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister s Literary Awards 1 A World of Other PeopleFirst editionAuthorSteven CarrollCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishGenrenovelPublisherFourth Estate AustraliaPublication date2013Media typePrint Paperback Pages278ISBN9780732291204Preceded bySpirit of Progress Followed byForever Young Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Notes 3 Reviews 4 Awards and nominations 5 ReferencesPlot summary EditThe novel uses T S Eliot s poem Little Gidding from Four Quartets as a starting point The time is 1941 and London is experiencing The Blitz Iris a young civil servant has volunteered to be an aircraft spotter on a building in Russell Square Another spotter is Eliot himself as the building is the headquarters of the publishing house Faber amp Faber Late one night the pair witness the crash of a British Wellington bomber and Eliot goes on to write his poem utilising this incident At the initial public reading of the poem Jim the pilot of the crashed aircraft happens to be in the audience and recognises his accident being depicted in the poem Notes EditEpigraph Our interest s on the dangerous edge of things The honest thief the tender murderer The superstitious atheist Bishop Blougram s Apology Robert Browning Reviews EditAndrew Reimer in The Sydney Morning Herald noted that the book is a highly accomplished novel eloquent and assured 2 Andrew Fuhrmann in The Sydney Review of Books states So clear and careful is the prose in A World of Other People that it produces a kind of dreamy dollhouse effect a toy theatre a meticulously reconstructed model London with a T S Eliot doll at its centre ventriloquially recognisable albeit speaking in squeaks and stammers There is also a sense of stillness a sense of intimacy a kind of prosaic equivalent to the Quartets and their air of a closed or self contained world 3 Awards and nominations Edit2014 shortlisted Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Award for Fiction 2014 joint winner Prime Minister s Literary Awards Fiction With Richard Flanagan s The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthReferences Edit Prime Minister s Literary Awards 2014 Winners Archived from the original on 2016 10 19 Retrieved 2016 10 19 Haunted by the Holy Ghost by Andrew Reimer The Sydney Morning Herald 6 April 2013 Whatnots and Wall Jobs by Andrew Fuhrmann The Sydney Review of Books 26 July 2013 This article about a World War II novel first published in the 2010s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A World of Other People amp oldid 1090158534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
