Patrick Holland grew up in outback Queensland, Australia. He worked as a stockman until taking up literary studies at Griffith University. He has studied Chinese and Vietnamese at universities in Beijing, Qingdao and Saigon.
His work attempts a strict minimalism inspired by Arvo Pärt and takes up geographical and theological themes, focussing on lifes simplest elements: light and dark; noise, sound and silence; wind and water.
His work attempts a strict minimalism inspired by Arvo Pärt and takes up geographical and theological themes, focussing on lifes simplest elements: light and dark; noise, sound and silence; wind and water.
Novels
The Long Road of the Junkmailer (2008)
The Mary Smokes Boys (2011)
The Darkest Little Room (2013)
Navigatio (2014)
One (2016)
Oblivion (2024)
The Mary Smokes Boys (2011)
The Darkest Little Room (2013)
Navigatio (2014)
One (2016)
Oblivion (2024)
Collections
Non fiction show
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