To Name Those Lost
| Author | Rohan Wilson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary novel |
| Publisher | Allen and Unwin |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 297 pp. |
| Awards | 2015 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, winner |
| ISBN | 9781743318324 |
| Preceded by | The Roving Party |
To Name Those Lost is a 2014 novel by the Australian author Rohan Wilson.[1]
The novel is a sequel to the author's 2011 novel The Roving Party.
It was the winner of the 2015 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]The novel is set in Tasmania in 1874, forty-five years after the events depicted in The Roving Party. Thomas Toosey is now sixty-years-old and has decided to give up his old life and search for his motherless 12-year-old son in Launceston.
Critical reception
[edit]In The Saturday Paper the reviewer JF described the novel as "There is a justice in Wilson's resolution of this dark and vigorous tale; though the ex-convicts don't escape the fatal shore, there is redemption for the next generation. Wilson's superbly taut novel keeps up its pace with spare punctuation and brutal dialogue in a vigorously drawn landscape feverish with the heat of a bushfire summer."[3]
David Whish-Wilson, writing in Australian Book Review noted that "Wilson's characters are not ciphers standing in for [...] broader social forces and themes. All of them are fully humanised, their motives and hopes and frailties convincingly explored," and goes on conclude "There is a purity of vision in To Name Those Lost's consistency of tone and relentless drive to capture the dark poetry of dangerous times."[4]
Publication history
[edit]After the novel's initial publication in Australia by Allen and Unwin[1] it was reprinted in the USA in 2017 by Europa Editions.[5]
Awards
[edit]- 2015 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, winner[2]
- 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award, shortlisted[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2015". Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ ""Rohan Wilson: To Name Those Lost"". The Saturday Paper, 18 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ ""To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson"". Australian Book Review, November 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson". Austlit. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ ""Prime Minister's Literary Awards – Shortlistlist & winners: 2008–2023"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.