Patrick White : a life / David Marr
1992, First Edition. London : J. Cape. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved. Item #465762
Physical description; 727 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Part one: Out and back. Ruth -- The happy valley -- The bunya bunya tree -- The best years -- Exile -- The world of sheep -- King's men -- Part two: Letters of introduction. The mouse and Roy -- Spanish eyes -- Crossings -- Love and war -- Return to Abyssinia -- Part three: Sarsaparilla. Dogwoods -- Life sentence -- Dead centre -- Letters and cards -- Public view -- Diaspora -- Stage struck -- Greece again -- Ruth, death and the afterlife -- Part four: The pavement and the crowd. Twins -- Working with pain -- Storms -- The price -- The biggest sandbank in the world -- Dynamite all the way -- Patrick White writes his own life -- The town of Jerusalem. Subjects; White, Patrick 1912-1990. White, Patrick. White, Patrick 1912- Biography. 1900-1999. Novelists, Australian 20th century ; Biography. Novelists, Australian.
Price: €14.95