Description
In 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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Über den Autor Patrick White
Empfohlen (von): | 18 |
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband – flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780143105688 |
ISBN-10: | 014310568X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | White, Patrick |
Hersteller: | Penguin Adult Hc/Tr |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, [email protected] |
Maße: | 197 x 129 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Patrick White |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 27.01.2009 |
Gewicht: | 0,489 kg |
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