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The Vivisector
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From the Australian Nobel Laureate.
This Patrick White masterpiece, now in a Vintage Classics edition.
The Vivisector follows Hurtle Duffield, a painter incapable of loving anything except what he paints. The men and women who court him during his long life are, above all, the victims of his art. He is the vivisector, dissecting their weaknesses with cruel precision—his sister's deformity, a grocer's moonlight indiscretion, and the passionate illusions of his mistress, Hero Pavloussi.
It is only when Hurtle meets an egocentric adolescent, whom he sees as his spiritual child, that he experiences a deeper, more treacherous emotion. This tour de force of sexual and psychological menace sheds brutally honest light on the creative experience.
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The Vivisector by Patrick White delves into the complex world of a talented artist, exploring themes of sacrifice and obsession. Reviews often highlight White's intricate character development and philosophical depth, though some readers find the narrative's density challenging. The novel is praised for its exploration of the human condition and the sacrifices artists make for their craft.
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ISBN: 9780143791010
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 March 2018
Country: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 409g
Pages: 608
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About the Author
Patrick White was born in England in 1912 and taken to Australia, where his father owned a sheep farm, when he was six months old. He was educated in England at Cheltenham college and King's College, Cambridge. He settled in London, where he wrote several unpublished novels, then served in the RAF during the war. He returned to Australia after the war. He became the most considerable figure in modern Australian literature, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. The great poet of Australian landscape, he turned its vast empty spaces into great mythic landscapes of the soul. His position as a man of letters was controversial, provoked by his acerbic, unpredictable public statements and his belief that it is eccentric individuals who offer the only hope of salvation. He died in September 1990.
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