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Voss

Voss( )
Author: White, Patrick
ISBN:978-0-09-932471-3
Publication Date:Sep 1994
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Vintage
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $19.95
Book Description:

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANE Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naïve young woman. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent, and as hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.8 x 2.7 cm
Book Weight:0.319 Kilograms
Author Biography
White, Patrick (Author)
Patrick White was born on May 28, 1912 in Knightsbridge, London, to Australian parents. He studied modern languages at King's College, Cambridge. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force. His first novel, Happy Valley, was published in 1939. His other works include The Tree of Man, Voss, Riders in the Chariot, The Solid Mandala, The Twyborn Affair, and The Hanging Garden. He also wrote several plays including The Season at Sarsaparilla, Night on Bald Mountain, and Signal Driver. They never met with the success his fiction had and have not been produced outside Australia. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. He died on September 30, 1990.

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