In a land of extremes where exquisite beauty mingles freely with the horrors of prejudice, fanaticism and boredom, Sarah Ashton attempts to carve meaning from contradiction. Torn between a distant father she both admires and fears and a bizarre lover with a mysterious past, she must create a life for herself which will ultimately reveal and preserve what she is.

The Dreams of Zoo Animals
by Valmai Howe
- Finalist — The QSPELL Prize for Fiction in 1988
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