Dusk

'Magnificent'

'Magnificent'

'Dusk is a sublime novel of loss and redemption, fight and surrender, that left me in absolute awe . Robbie Arnott's prose is incandescent , his storytelling mythic and filled with a wisdom that extends beyond the page. With Dusk , he asserts himself as one of Australia's finest literary writers'

'Starkly beautiful and deeply felt. .. Dusk is a book about love: not just the love between the twins but the love they feel for the landscape… the pared-back textures of Dusk ’s prose… recall those of Cormac McCarthy'

'A Conrad-like storyteller whose tales always tremble on the edge of the mythic and legendary'

'One of Australia’s finest writers'

'Arnott has an eye and an ear for description that can elevate otherwise quiet moments to something genuinely transcendent '

' Everything [in Dusk ]…is drawn vividly, not least the stunning, monumental landscape: a character in itself, it seems to nod to past crimes and extinctions… an absorbing adventure '

'Arnott… writes with tenderness about characters and passion about the lands through they move. A stunner '

Dusk is my book of the year so far – a story of loyalty, betrayal, desperation and the ties that bind, which culminates in one of the finest closing scenes I’ve ever read

An expertly paced quest narrative doubling as the tale of a community riven by suspicion

This is a propulsive novel of survival and betrayal, enriched by arresting depictions of nature

Robbie Arnott is the author of Limberlost , The Rain Heron and Flames . He has been named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, and shortlisted twice for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Dusk is his fourth novel. He lives with his family in Hobart, Tasmania.