The Golden Age (London novel)

The Golden Age
ISBN	9781741666441
Preceded by	The Good Parents

The Golden Age (2014) is a novel by Australian author Joan London.

Plot summary

Frank and Elsa meet at a rehabilitation clinic in suburban Perth in the early 1950s. Both have been stricken with polio, and Frank is a refugee from Hungary. The novel follows the relationship between Frank and Elsa across the years.

Notes

Dedication: For my three sisters.

Reviews

The Monthly^[1]
Sydney Review of Books^[2]

Awards and nominations

2015 shortlisted the Stella Prize
2015 shortlisted
Miles Franklin Literary Award
2015 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards —
Nita Kibble Literary Award
2015 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
2015 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year

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[1] "The Golden age by Joan London" by Brenda Walker, The Monthly

[2] "Fully present, utterly connected" by Tegan Bennett Daylight, The Telegraph, 31 October 2014

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