Voss by Patrick White (English) Paperback Book

Description: Voss by Patrick White, Thomas Keneally Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Join J. M. Coetzee and Thomas Keneally in rediscovering Nobel Laureate Patrick WhiteIn 1973, Australian writer Patrick White was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature." Set in nineteenth-century Australia, "Voss" is White's best-known book, a sweeping novel about a secret passion between the explorer Voss and the young orphan Laura. As Voss is tested by hardship, mutiny, and betrayal during his crossing of the brutal Australian desert, Laura awaits his return in Sydney, where she endures their months of separation as if her life were a dream and Voss the only reality. Marrying a sensitive rendering of hidden love with a stark adventure narrative, "Voss" is a novel of extraordinary power and virtuosity from a twentieth-century master. Publisher Description Join J. M. Coetzee and Thomas Keneally in rediscovering Nobel Laureate Patrick WhiteIn 1973, Australian writer Patrick White was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature." Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is Whites best-known book, a sweeping novel about a secret passion between the explorer Voss and the young orphan Laura. As Voss is tested by hardship, mutiny, and betrayal during his crossing of the brutal Australian desert, Laura awaits his return in Sydney, where she endures their months of separation as if her life were a dream and Voss the only reality. Marrying a sensitive rendering of hidden love with a stark adventure narrative, Voss is a novel of extraordinary power and virtuosity from a twentieth-century master.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators. Author Biography Patrick White(1912-1990) was born in England in 1912, when his parents were in Europe for two years; at six months he was taken back to Australia, where his father owned a sheep station. When he was thirteen, he went to school in England, to Cheltenham, "where it was understood, the climate would be temperate and a colonial acceptable." Neither proved true, and after four rather miserable years there he went to Kings College, Cambridge, where he specialized in languages. After leaving the university he settled in London, determined to become a writer. His first novel, Happy Valley, was published in 1939 and his second,The Living and the Dead, in 1941. During the war he was an RAF Intelligence Officer in the Middle East and Greece. After the war he returned to Australia.His novels includeThe Aunts Story(1946),The Tree of Man(1956),Voss(1957),Riders in the Chariot(1961),The Solid Mandala(1966),The Eye of the Storm(1973),A Fringe of Leaves(1976), andThe Twyborn Affair(1979). He also published two collections of short stories,The Burnt Ones(1964) andThe Cockatoos(1974), which incorporates several short novels, a collection of novellas,Three Uneasy Pieces(1987), and his autobiography, Flaws in the Glass (1981). He also editedMemoirs of Many in One(1986). In 1973 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Upon his death,The Timeswrote, "Patrick White did more than any other writer to put Australian literature on the international map.... His tormented oeuvre is that of a great and essentially modern writer."Thomas Keneally has won international acclaim for his novels Schindlers Ark, Confederates, Gossip from the Forest, Playmaker, Woman of the Inner Sea, and A River Town.He is most recently the author of the biography American Scoundrel- The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles. Details ISBN 014310568X ISBN-13 9780143105688 Title Voss Author Patrick White, Thomas Keneally Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 464 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc GE_Item_ID:17327735; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. 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