Three half-sisters who have drifted far apart meet again at the ramshackle house on stilts where they grew up. They have come to bury their mother. This volume includes the original play, the screenplay and an essay by Louis Nowra discussing the adaptation process.
Winner 1994 Australian Literary Society Gold Medal
Louis Nowra was born in Melbourne. His plays include Page 8 (with David Page), The Woman With Dog’s Eyes, The Marvellous Boy, The Emperor of Sydney, Inner Voices, Visions, Inside The Island, The Precious Woman, Sunrise, The Golden Age, Capricornia, Byzantine Flowers, The Watchtower, Summer of the Aliens, Cosi, Radiance, The Temple, Crow, Miss Bosnia, The Incorruptible, The Jungle and The Language of the Gods. He has translated The Prince of Homburg, Cyrano de Bergerac and Lulu for the stage. He has also written the libretti for Whitsunday and Love Burns.
Author Louis Nowra
Publisher Currency Press
Date of Publication 1993
ISBN 9780868196244 (print)
Category Drama
5467100
