The title suggests the sense of isolation felt by two gifted teenagers (with little in common with their contemporaries) until they meet each other. Would everything be spoiled if their friendship were to become a love affair?
Analysis
Fiction in English, 1900- Texts
Notes
Fiction in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS)
Originally published: as 'Very far away from anywhere else', New York : Atheneum ; and as 'A very long way from anywhere else', London : Gollancz, 1976