What a wonderful surprise! Patrick White is one of my favourite writers, and usually unaccountably neglected. The Tree of Man, The Eye of the Storm, Riders in the Chariot, The Vivisector, are all great books. Even his lesser works are rewarding. The Twyborn Affair was the first post ‘Orlando’ account of a gender bending protagonist I’d come across, and Voss is a brilliant commentary on the drive to conquer nature, set against a more spiritual awareness of the landscape and the world around us. As the reviewer suggests in the case in The Tree of Man, Patrick White is always concerned with spiritual struggles, whatever else is going on. So great to read about someone else’s appreciation of his work. It’s been decades since I read him. He deserves rereading.
That's similar to what Ian (the reviewer) said in his email: "I'm glad to put his name out there because he's been largely forgotten, though his work deserves to be read."
There was the award in 1973 of that little Norwegian prize sponsored by Mr Nobel, a huge and excellent biography by David Marr in 1991, and a movie version with a great cast - Charlotte Rampling as the elderly Mrs Hunter - of The Eye of the Storm. And yet…
This book sounds fascinating and is right up my street for the era! I searched for it in our area library but no luck. I’ll have to order it on Abe’s Books I think. Thank you for introducing me to this author!
It is available through Amazon, but ABEbooks is an alternative. I find getting books shipped from the UK is most reasonable. Often better than Canada Post.
What a wonderful surprise! Patrick White is one of my favourite writers, and usually unaccountably neglected. The Tree of Man, The Eye of the Storm, Riders in the Chariot, The Vivisector, are all great books. Even his lesser works are rewarding. The Twyborn Affair was the first post ‘Orlando’ account of a gender bending protagonist I’d come across, and Voss is a brilliant commentary on the drive to conquer nature, set against a more spiritual awareness of the landscape and the world around us. As the reviewer suggests in the case in The Tree of Man, Patrick White is always concerned with spiritual struggles, whatever else is going on. So great to read about someone else’s appreciation of his work. It’s been decades since I read him. He deserves rereading.
That's similar to what Ian (the reviewer) said in his email: "I'm glad to put his name out there because he's been largely forgotten, though his work deserves to be read."
There was the award in 1973 of that little Norwegian prize sponsored by Mr Nobel, a huge and excellent biography by David Marr in 1991, and a movie version with a great cast - Charlotte Rampling as the elderly Mrs Hunter - of The Eye of the Storm. And yet…
This book sounds fascinating and is right up my street for the era! I searched for it in our area library but no luck. I’ll have to order it on Abe’s Books I think. Thank you for introducing me to this author!
It is available through Amazon, but ABEbooks is an alternative. I find getting books shipped from the UK is most reasonable. Often better than Canada Post.