Lambs of God (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Marele Day
- First Published: 1998
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The present
- Setting: An imaginary island
- Principal Characters: Sister Iphigenia, Sister Margarita, Sister Carla, Father Ignatius
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Prisoners, Sex or sexuality, Religion, Abandoned children, Sheep, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Priests, Nuns
- Locales: Islands
The bizarre events described in Lambs of God take place in a decaying monastery on an imaginary island in an unspecified part of the world. The author is so careful about avoiding dropping any clues that the reader can only surmise that the island is located off one of the coasts of Australia or else is somewhere near Great Britain. It is clear, at least, that the island is in an area where the people speak English and where their principal occupations are fishing and raising sheep. (The author herself is a native Australian, which makes that country seem like a slightly better...
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