No of Pages: 206
RRP: 26.95
ISBN Print: 1 876040 54 8
The Singing
Tracing the extremes of grief and longing, The Singing tells the story of a woman’s attempt to come to terms with a failed love affair and to live with the weight of memory and impossible desire. The Singing is a first novel that unforgettably unites voice and experience.
On one level it is an account of a love that is unable to grow and complete itself because of illness, and must at last be relinquished. On another level it is a quiet and exquisite naming of the human need to love and remember. The Singing is a drama which takes place in whispers. Its movement and cadences create a sound that once absorbed will never wholly be lost.
“A striking new voice, calm and fresh. Her story has the seductive authority, and the quietly shocking beauty, of a dream.” Helen Garner
About the Author
Stephanie Bishop was born in Sydney in 1979. Her first novel, The Singing, was shortlisted for the Kathleen Mitchell Award in 2005 and in 2006 she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Novelists. Educated in Sydney and at Cambridge, where she has recently completed a doctorate, she is also a frequent reviewer and essayist with her work appearing in the Australian Literary Review, the Australian Book Review and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Bishop lives in Perth and is working on her next novel. The Singing is available as an audio book through Vision Australia.
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