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The Bay of Noon

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The Bay of Noon
First ed. cover
AuthorShirley Hazzard
LanguageEnglish
GenreBildungsroman
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
Publication date
1970 (first edition)
Media typePrint
OCLC722934449

The Bay of Noon is a 1970 novel by the Australian author Shirley Hazzard. It was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010.[1]

Synopsis

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A young Englishwoman, Jenny, is working in Naples some years after World War II. Alone in the ruined city, she follows up a letter of introduction from an acquaintance, through which she meets Gioconda, a beautiful and gifted writer, and her lover Gianni, a noted Roman film director. Meanwhile, at work she meets Justin, a Scotsman whose inscrutability Jenny finds mysteriously attractive. As Jenny becomes increasingly drawn into the lives of the three, she discovers that the past is not easily forgotten.

References

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  1. ^ Hoyle, Ben (26 March 2010). "Author waits to hear if she has won 'lost Booker' prize 40 years on". The Times. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2010.