Disquiet (Leigh novel)

Disquiet is a 2008 novel by Julia Leigh.

Plot

Leigh wrote this novel about a mother of two young children who leaves her husband and goes to live with her mother in rural France.[1]

Awards

Disquiet was shortlisted for many major literary awards and won the 2009 Encore Award (UK) for best second novel and the 2009 Prix Indications Passa Porta (Belgium) for best foreign literature.[2] It was a France Culture/ Télérama Rentrée Selection (France), a Los Angeles Times Favourite Book, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and No.7 on Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Books of the Year (US).[3] The 2008 Shirley Jackson Award (US) for best novella went to Disquiet.

Film

Screen Australia began funding the film adaption of the novel in May 2012.[4] The novel's author, Julia Leigh, wrote the screenplay and worked as film director on the project.[5]

References
  1. "Don't Open the Door! (Published 2008)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16.
  2. "Disquiet | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
  3. Sleeping Beauty. A Film by Julia Leigh.eOne Films International, Cannes 2011
  4. Development funding for Stenders, Teplitzky, Edgerton brothers
  5. Screen Australia funds 16 new projects, including Sleeping Beauty director’s film Disquiet


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