The Water Diviner
Andrew Anastasios and Meaghan
Wilson-Anastasios
Publication:
9 December 2014, RRP $24.99, Pan MacmillanPaperback
Now a major motion picture, releasing Boxing Day
in New Zealand, starring Russell Crowe
When the Great War ends, Joshua Connor, a grieving
farmer and sometime water diviner from the Mallee in Victoria, sets out to
fulfil his wife's dying wish – to travel to Gallipoli to recover the bodies of
his three sons and bury them in consecrated ground. Crescent collides with
cross, and hope with reason as he discovers that his eldest son, Art, may still
be alive. When Connor makes a desperate dash into the perilous heart of
Anatolia one question haunts him: If Art is alive, why hasn't he come home?
This is not a war novel, not even an anti-war novel.
Instead it focuses on the battles that go on inside the hearts and minds of a
small group of Australians and Turks as they struggle to bury their dead and
rebuild their lives after the First World War. The story is based on first-hand
resources, diaries and official records.
About the Authors
Andrew
Anastasios is a script researcher and writer for film and television via a
career in archaeology, journalism and advertising. Andrew's credits include the
Jack Irish telemovies and the adaptation of Peter Temple's Broken Shore. He co-wrote the film script for The Water Diviner with Andrew Knight.
Meaghan
Wilson-Anastasios, also a former archaeologist, has a PHD in art history and
cultural economics. She teaches, researches and writes for film and television.
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