Confederates (novel)
First edition cover
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| Author | Thomas Keneally |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Collins, England and Australia Harper & Row (US) |
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Publication date
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1979 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 427 pp |
| ISBN | 0-00-222141-1 |
| OCLC | 6090459 |
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| LC Class | PZ4.K336 Co 1979 PR9619.3.K46 |
| Preceded by | Passenger |
| Followed by | The Cut-Rate Kingdom |
Confederates is a novel by the Australian author Thomas Keneally which uses the American Civil War as its main subject matter.
Confederates uses the United States Civil War as a setting for a more personal conflict between neighbors. In the midst of the war's climactic battle -- Antietam -- another conflict is underway. Ephie Bumpass' husband Usaph and Ephie's lover Decatur Cate are thrown together to fight in the Shenandoah Volunteers. Cate's emasculating injury in the battle is a symbolic punishment for his sin.[1]
Awards and nominations
- Man Booker Prize: shortlisted 1979
External links
- "The Sites of War in the Fiction of Thomas Keneally" by Peter Pierce, Australian Literary Studies vol.12 no.4 October 1986 (pp. 442–452)
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