Cover of Orpheus Lost

Orpheus Lost

by Janette Turner Hospital

First published 2007

Miles Franklin 2008 · Longlist

Prizes

2008
Miles Franklin Literary Award
Longlist

About the author

Janette Turner Hospital, born 1942, Australia.

Subjects

Catalogue record

Author: Hospital, Janette Turner, 1942–
Statement: Orpheus Lost / Janette Turner Hospital.

Book facts

ISBN: 978-0-393-06552-7

1 more ISBN

978-0-676-97942-8
Records: Open Library

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026

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