The Sun Was Electric Light
Rachel Morton
A beautifully told story about a disillusioned young woman searching for belonging and love in a foreign place from the winner of the 2024 VPLA Unpublished Manuscript Award. Perfect for fans of Deborah Levy and Miranda July, The Sun Was Electric Light explores what it means to live a good life.
I read this pure, pained, beautiful book in a single burst, and emerged from it with heart and nerves rinsed clean.
This novel sifted like sand between my fingers, and then it pulled me under and made me weep, for everyone I have ever loved. I followed Rachel Morton’s desire-line story wherever it took me, and I will always be where it ended up.
- Release
- Apr-2025
- ISBN
- 9780702268892
- RRP (AUD)
- $34.99
- Pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback & ebook
Rachel Morton
is a writer from south-west Victoria. Her poetry has been published in various publications including Meanjin, The Moth & The New Welsh Review. The Sun Was Electric Light is her first novel, and won the 2024 VPLA for an Unpublished Manuscript Award.
University of Queensland Press (UQP)
For 70 years UQP has been at the forefront of innovative publishing. It has launched the careers of many great novelists, published contemporary poets, been a pioneering force in children’s and young adult publishing and has set the benchmark for award-winning scholarly and Black Australian writing.
- Rights
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World inc. film/TV
- Contact
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Erin Sandiford
- Website