title: Love Without Hope
text: # Love Without Hope
  
  Love Without Hope is a 2007 novel by the Australian author Rodney Hall.
  
  ## Dedication
  
  "For Julian Burnside"
  
  ## Epigraph
  
  "You are not dying because you are ill. You are dying because you are alive." - Montaigne
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  * Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2008: shortlisted
  * Australia-Asia Literary Award, 2008: longlisted
  
  ## Reviews
  
  * The Age, theage.com.au
  * Australian Book Review, vicnet.net.au
  * The Sydney Morning Herald, smh.com.au
  