David Malouf

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March 20, 1934 in Brisbane, Australia

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Literature & Fiction

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David Malouf is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel The Great World was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. Remembering Babylon was short-listed for the Booker Prize. He has also received the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

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Average rating: 3.70 · 3,257 ratings · 460 reviews · 49 distinct works

	Remembering Babylon 3.40 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Ransom 3.90 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	My rating:
	An Imaginary Life 3.83 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1978 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Fly Away Peter 3.21 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Johnno 3.55 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Great World 3.85 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Conversations at Curlow Creek 3.58 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Dream Stuff: Stories 3.61 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Stories 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Harland's Half Acre 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:

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“I knew that the world around you is only uninteresting if you can't see what is really going on. The place you come from is always the most exotic place you'll ever encounter because it is the only place where you recognise how many secrets and mysteries there are in people's lives”
― David Malouf

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“Words his soul danced to.”
― David Malouf

tags: dance , literature , soul , words

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“That is what life meant, a unique presence, and it was essential in every creature.”
― David Malouf

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