The Solid Mandala

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The Solid Mandala by Patrick White explores the lives of twin brothers, Waldo and Arthur Brown, who inhabit a Sydney suburb. The novel delves into their contrasting personalities and perceptions of life, with Waldo as the intellectual cynic and Arthur possessing a simple, yet profound, wisdom. Through their relationship, the story examines themes of identity, isolation, and the search for meaning in the everyday.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate complex narratives exploring profound themes of duality, identity, and human connection. The story delves into the lives of twin brothers, offering a deep and rewarding examination of contrasting personalities and existential questions. Patrick White's vivid prose and rich characterisation provide an immersive experience for readers intrigued by psychological and philosophical depth.

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The Solid Mandala

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In The Solid Mandala, Patrick White draws a telling and touching portrait of twin brothers. Waldo is the competent man of reason; he sees himself as the superior intellect. Arthur, accepted as a half-wit, is the innocent, God's fool, loving and outgoing in a blundering way.

As they compete with and care for each other through half a century, their lives are inextricably intertwinedβ€” the two sides of a man's nature forming a totality.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742759012

Publisher: Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2012

Country: Australia

Imprint: Vintage (Australia)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 256g

Pages: 320

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 He settled in London, where he wrote several unpublished novels, then served in the RAF during the war.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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