''The Time We Have Taken'' is a 2007 novel by Australian author

Steven Carroll Steven Carroll (born 1949) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at La Trobe University. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama at RMIT. He has been Drama Critic for ''The Sunday Age'' new ...

. It is the third in a sequence of novels, following ''

The Art of the Engine Driver ''The Art of the Engine Driver'' is a 2001 novel by Australian author Steven Carroll. It is the first in a sequence of novels written by Carroll, followed by ''The Gift of Speed'' and ''The Time We Have Taken''. Inspired by a dream, the book was ...

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The Gift of Speed ''The Gift of Speed'' is a 2004 novel by Australian author Steven Carroll. It is the second in a sequence of novels, following ''The Art of the Engine Driver'' and followed by ''The Time We Have Taken ''The Time We Have Taken'' is a 2007 nove ...

'', which follow the development of an outer Melbourne suburb from the 1950s to the 1970s. The novels have been described as a 'slow-moving, Proustian meditation on being and time' and 'a deeply satisfying encounter with the empty spaces that the suburb failed to fill both between people and inside them.'

Awards

Commonwealth Writers Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2008: winner *

Miles Franklin Literary Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–195 ...

, 2008: winner *

Victorian Premier's Literary Award The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Government with the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry. As of 2013, it is reportedly Australia's richest literary p ...

, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2007: shortlisted *

The Age Book of the Year ''The Age'' Book of the Year Awards were annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's ''The Age'' newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. After 1998, they were presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awar ...

Award, Fiction Prize, 2007: shortlisted

Reviews

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References

2007 Australian novels Miles Franklin Award-winning works Novels set in Melbourne HarperCollins books {{2000s-novel-stub