A change of skies, 1989-91

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Series 6

Content Summary:

Gooneratne's first novel which deals with a Sri Lankan family living in Australia was published by Picador in 1991. This series comprises four successive typed and annotated drafts written between 1989 and 1991. There is one file of notes and clippings including correspondence to Fiona Giles about the manuscript and information about the author's 1991 stay at the Eleanor Dark Foundation Ltd Varuna Writers' Centre. A typescript of a poem Pilgrims' progress written at the centre is included. The series contains the final annotated typescript with suggestions for the book cover design and correspondence with the publishers, Pan Macmillian. This book subsequently won the 1992 Majorie Barnard Literary Award of Fiction.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gooneratne donated her papers to the National Library of Australia on 23 December 1996 under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.

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