One of Patrick White's most loved novels in which he creates a memorable portrait of human resilience
Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for companions, journeys to a remote scrubby patch of land that he has inherited in the Australian hills. When the land is cleared enough for a rudimentary house to be built, Stan brings his new wife, Amy, to the wilderness. Together they struggle to establish a home for themselves and their growing family.
And together, but essentially apart, they face everything from the domestic upheavals of birth and death to natural disasters. In this chronicle of simple lives in joy and sorrow, Patrick White creates an evocative monument to human endurance.
By:
Patrick White Imprint: Vintage Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 128mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 384g ISBN:9781741667707 ISBN 10: 1741667704 Pages: 480 Publication Date:03 August 2009 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Patrick White won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature.
