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The Tree of Man
Patrick White
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Description for The Tree of Man
Paperback. At the turn of the century Stan Parker takes a wife and makes a home as a small farmer in the wilderness of Australia. Amy bears his children and time brings him a procession of ordinary events - achievements, disappointments, sorrows and dreams. The author won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099324515
SKU
V9780099324515
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About Patrick White
Patrick White was born in England in 1912. His Australian parents took him home when he was six months old but educated him in England, at Cheltenham College and King's College, Cambridge. He settled in London, where his first novel, Happy Valley, was published to some acclaim in 1939. After serving in the RAF during the Second World War he ... Read more
Reviews for The Tree of Man
[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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more