![]() ![]() To Marchetta’s credit, this lack of awareness could have resulted from me just being me, and while I had never seen the series in a bookshop, I clearly hadn’t shopped at the right time nor knew what to look for. It’s why I read ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ (1992) and ‘Saving Francesca’ (2003) and I have/own ‘The Piper’s Son’ (2010) to read). ![]() Marchetta is renowned for her honest and realist approach to contemporary life within various places of Sydney – AKA ‘the real world’. ![]() So you can imagine my surprise when I stumbled across ‘Quintana of Charyn’ (late 2012) and noted that the book was first a fantasy/epic saga, and second that it was book three in a series I had never heard of? Naturally this combination made me a bit wary, because although I’d heard a lot about Marchetta and her work, I’d never heard her name mentioned in relation to fantasy books of any type little know a trilogy. So much so that ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ was successfully made into a movie in 2000. In some ways, its these two novels that have formed Marchetta’s trademark style, whilst almost becoming interchangeable with her name. Her best selling, award winning novels ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ and ‘On The Jellicoe Road’ are constantly raved about with good reason. Melina Marchetta is a well kn own and much loved Australian author. ![]()
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