As I found out after reading, this is one of the most famous and most widely-read novels of the first Australian recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Although critically acclaimed abroad it wasn't much of a success in Australia when it first came out in 1955. It's the slow-paced life story ...
Patrick White could write. Look at this book, it’s about a man who you want to smack but you have to keep reading, you have to see what happens. Wonderful. It is a type of book where you can see why the author won the Nobel Prize. I am upset that I was not introduced to him in college. ...
bookshelves: play-dramatisation, autumn-2010, glbt, published-1979, period-piece, nobel-laureate, edwardian, wwii, families Recommended for: Drama on 3 listeners Read from November 14 to 15, 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...BBC blurb - Eadie was no good as a mother: raising eyebrows...
Why wasn't this in my World Lit courses?I hit the spoiler button because I will warn would be readers the book does have animal death issues, such as with dogs and horses. You know how some food is seemingly plain, but isn’t. Like a real good risotto. Rice, cheese, stock, maybe mushrooms and onio...
This book had a powerful impact on me at eighteen and it is hard to admit it has flaws. Still an astonishing study of the artist's mind. White's sentences make me want to run around the room.
Patrick White penned a very strange tale, a tale I think would fair better through a second reading. First time round, I found it rather deceptive. It’s a psychological tale, yet the thoughts and feelings of these characters seem distanced, almost intangible. Like the landscape Voss is traversing, t...
The story is such that it can be put away for a period and the theme is still entirely memorable. The secret of this is the writing, which I feel will not be palatable to modern youngsters, and the historical perspective of course.-----------------No dust cover - Pooh. As the carriage drew away from...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mw730/Drama_on_3_The_Twyborn_Affair/BBC blurb - Eadie was no good as a mother: raising eyebrows in Edwardian Sydney society was more exciting and anyway her child kept running away. Now in her old age she hopes to rekindle family affections. As the London Blit...
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