Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for company journeys to a remote patch of land he has inherited in the Australian hills. Once the land is cleared and a rudimentary house built, he brings his wife Amy to the wilderness. Together they face lives of joy and sorrow as they struggle against the environment.
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Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for company journeys to a remote patch of land he has inherited in the Australian hills. Once the land is cleared and a rudimentary house built, he brings his wife Amy to the wilderness. Together they face lives of joy and sorrow as they struggle against the environment.
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[This is] one of those magnificent novels given to us when a great writer is in perfect harmony with the mythic soul of humanity -- Carmen Callil * Guardian *He is, in the finest sense, a world novelist * Guardian *His greatest novel, The Tree of Man is a tragic pastoral about the penitential struggle with nature in a grim Australian Eden -- Peter Conrad * Observer *The novel has unforgettable scenes, marvellous characters, wide ranges of mood, strikingly fresh imagery - all those ingredients which make a novel...become a permanent part of our memory * Washington Post *A timeless work of art from which no essential element of life has been omitted * New York Times Book Review *
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An extraordinary story about a couple's experience of moving into the remote Australian wilderness by Nobel Prize-winner Patrick White.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099324515
Publisert
1994
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage Classics
Vekt
330 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480
Forfatter