Title The patron saint of eels / Gregory Day

Published Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 2005

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Description 181 pages ; 20 cm Summary "A contemporary fable: Fra Ionio, a southern Italian Franciscan monk from the 1700's becomes known as the Patron Saint of Eels. When the inhabitants of the village emigrate to Australia in the post-war migrations of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, the immortal saint decides, in heaven, to migrate with his countrymen to the state of Victoria." Analysis Historical fiction Subject Eels -- Australia. Magic. Christian patron saints. Emigration and immigration. Christian patron saints -- Fiction. Eel fishing -- Fiction. Emigration and immigration -- Fiction. Monks -- Australia -- Fiction. Eels -- Fiction. Christian saints -- Australia -- Fiction. SUBJECT Italy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021783 Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Australia -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100473 Italy -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104656 Genre/Form Historical fiction. Fantasy fiction. Saga. Fables. Saga LC no. 2010399325 ISBN 0330421581 :

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