Autor: Matthew Kneale
Origem: Inglaterra
Ano da edição original: 2000
Editora: Anchor
Páginas: 446
Língua original: Inglês
ISBN: 0-385-49744-X
Sinopse: In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men.
Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870. These characters and many others come together in a storm of voices that vividly bring a past age to life.
O autor e a obra: Matthew Kneale é um escritor inglês de 53 anos, formado em História pela Magdalen College, Oxford. Escreveu até hoje 8 livros, 7 romances e 1 de não ficção. Nenhum deles foi alvo de tradução em Portugal. Este romance histórico "English Passengers" ganhou o Whitbread Book Award (atual Costa Book Award) de 2000 e foi nomeado para o Booker Prize, Miles Franklin Award e International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
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