ISBN: 9781760645427
Published: 2025
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Black Inc
Pages: 144
Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1.0cm
About the author:
He has no notion of how to care for a saint. Even a small one. Does not even believe … Still. Catholic or not. You don’t turn away a saint.’
In the north-western corner of 1950s Australia, a saint arrives at the home of a retired engineer, who unwittingly becomes her custodian. A girl of indeterminate age, her body remains as it was when she died, incorruptible. And though no one knows it, she is conscious, reflecting on past and present.
Little World stretches across continents and eras – from the Canal Zone in Panama and the island of Nauru all the way to the onset of Covid in contemporary Victoria. Beautiful, rich and strange, it weaves a tale of interconnected fates as characters grapple with the unknowable, and in this way come face to face with their deepest needs.
‘Josephine Rowe is a breathtakingly good writer.’ —Michelle de Kretser
‘Each new work from Josephine Rowe is a revelation.’ —Madeleine Thien
Review on Australian Rural & Regional News
‘This book is definitely an intricately layered and atmospheric work. It often resembles poetry, or even a prayer, and within the pages lies a rich exploration of numerous issues around religion, hypocrisy, and violence – especially violence inflicted on women and the vulnerable.’
– Serena Kirby, Australian Rural & Regional News