The Bay of Noon
Australian and American novelist, 1931–2016. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2003.
The Bay of Noon is a 1970 novel by Shirley Hazzard. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Shirley Hazzard
- First published
- 1970
- Length
- 192 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1970
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1971
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Psychological, Migration and identity, Love story
Is The Bay of Noon worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1970) | Shortlist | See the list |
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1971) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of The Bay of Noon
The edition we link to is the Virago paperback (1998), 192 pages.
- Publisher
- Virago (paperback, 1998)
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9781860494543
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Bay of Noon
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 44% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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