The Golden Age (London novel)

The Golden Age
	First edition
Author	Joan London
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Vintage Books, Australia
Publication date	2014
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	242
ISBN	9781741666441
Preceded by	The Good Parents

The Golden Age (2014) is a novel by Australian author Joan London.

Plot summary

Frank and Elsa meet at a rehabilitation clinic in suburban Perth in the early 1950s. Both have been stricken with polio, and Frank is a refugee from Hungary. The novel follows the relationship between Frank and Elsa across the years.

Notes

Dedication: For my three sisters.

Reviews

The Monthly^[1]
Sydney Review of Books^[2]

Awards and nominations

2015 shortlisted ALS Gold Medal
2015 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
2015 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
2015 shortlisted Nita Kibble Literary Awards — Nita B. Kibble Literary Award
2015 shortlisted Stella Prize

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[1] "The Golden age by Joan London" by Brenda Walker, The Monthly

[2] "Fully present, utterly connected" by Tegan Bennett Daylight, The Telegraph, 31 October 2014

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