What are "The Pages"? On a family sheep station in the interior of Australia, a brother and sister work the property while their reclusive brother, Wesley Antill, spends years toiling away in one of the sheds, writing a philosophy. Now he has died. Erica, a philosopher, is sent from Sydney to appraise his work. Accompanying her is Sophie, who needs a distraction from a string of failed relationships. Her field is psychoanalysis. These two women, each with different views of the world, face a situation they have not experienced before, with surprising results. Murray Bail's first novel since "Eucalyptus" is a beguiling meditation on friendship and love, on men and women, on landscape and the difficulties of thought itself.

About the Author

Murray Bail was born in Adelaide in 1941. He is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories. Harvill Secker published his Notebooks in 2005. His novel Eucalyptus was awarded the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Prizes

Murray Bail's first novel since Eucalyptus is a beguiling meditation on friendship and love, on men and women, on landscape and the difficulties of thought itself.

Reviews

"One of the great and most surprising courtships in literature."-Michael Ondaatje
"A most unusual, enchanting work . . . a novel of most beguiling originality."-"Daily Telegraph"

"From the Hardcover edition."