Alice Nelson, author of The Last Sky, has been named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist for 2009.
The judges said: 'In this rich and evocative novel, Nelson moves her narrative easily between Perth and China, between the past and the future, juxtaposing the inner life of her protagonist, Maya Wise, with the political upheaval of the Hong Kong handover. The themes of exile and dislocation are cleverly drawn and Maya's imagined wanderings into wartime Shanghai give her refuge in someone's else's past. The language displays great restraint as well as a real lyrical beauty.'
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