Between Sky and Sea

Author(s): Herz Bergner

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A group of Jewish refugees are thrown together aboard a dilapidated freighter charting a course for Australia. Fleeing terrible scenes of destruction in Europe, they are bound by a deep sense of loss and the uncertainty of their fate. As the ship lists, inner conflicts burst to the surface and romance, revenge, guilt and desperation fill the craft.

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Winner of Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 1947.

'As Australia holds national debates over the state of its multicultural identity and its immigration policy, Between Sky Sea is a timely publication on a timeless subject.' Australian Bookseller Publisher 'This novel, resurrected from its foreign country of the past, might stand as an epitaph for the 353 men, women and children drowned in 2001 when the SIEV X sank while trying to reach Australia. At the very least, Between Sky and Sea should be required reading for refugee policymakers today.' Canberra Times 'Beautifully written with extraordinary insight into the frailties of humanity, Bergner's tale is as much a version of the past as it is a vision of our present...We can only hope that publishers such as Text continue to salvage the treasury of migrant literature that is no longer in print.' Australian 'Bergner's astute observation of life shows in his sharp psychological dissection of this human cargo and his unflinching assessment of people's flaws...Bergner writes with such compassion that a reader becomes infected by his characters' yearnings.' Herald Sun

Herz Bergner was born in Poland in 1907 and migrated to Australia with his wife in 1938. His first book, The New House, published in 1941, was a collection of short stories about immigrants adapting to life in a new land. Herz Bergner died in 1970.

General Fields

  • : 9781921656316
  • : Text Publishing Co
  • : The Text Publishing Company
  • : 0.254
  • : February 2010
  • : Australia
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 240
  • : A823
  • : 6-Oct
  • : Paperback
  • : Herz Bergner