The Transit of Venus

The Transit of Venus
First edition
AuthorShirley Hazzard
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
1980
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages352 (first edition)
ISBN9780140107470 (first edition)

The Transit of Venus is a 1980 novel written by Australian author Shirley Hazzard. It won the 1980 National Book Critics Circle Award.[1]

  1. ^ "A Look Back at Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus". National Book Critics Circle. 25 January 2008. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2016.