Vertigo: A Novella

Written by Amanda Lohrey

Narrated by Jane Nolan

Luke and Anna, thirty-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and wounded by a loss neither can talk about, they flee to a sleepy village by the coast. There, surrounded by nature, they begin to feel rejuvenated. But when bushfire threatens their new home, they must confront what they have tried to put behind them.

Vertigo is a fable of love and awakening by one of Australia's finest writers, about the unexpected way emotions can return and life can change.

‘Vertigo will keep you up much too late but it's worth a one-sitting read.' —West Australian

‘Extraordinarily vivid and compelling … a stunning and memorable novella' —The Age

‘Lohrey achieves a kind of perfection' —Sydney Morning Herald

'A carefully crafted little gem of a book' —Advertiser

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Oct 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781004068166

Amanda Lohrey

Amanda Lohrey lives in Tasmania and writes fiction and non-fiction. She has taught Politics at the University of Tasmania and Writing and Textual Studies at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Queensland. Amanda is a regular contributor to the Monthly magazine and is a former Senior Fellow of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. Her novel Camille's Bread (HarperCollins, 1996) was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, the Colin Roderick Award, the NSW Premier's Prize for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writer's Award Regional Prize. It won the ALS Gold Medal and the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction. In November 2012 she received the Patrick White Award for literature. The Labyrinth (Text, 2020) was the winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021.