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A Lifetime On Clouds
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A Lifetime On Clouds
A Lifetime on Clouds is funny, honest and sweetly told: a less ribald, Catholic Australian Portnoy's Complaint.
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Adrian Sherd is a teenage boy in Melbourne of the 1950s—the last years before television and the family car changed suburbia forever. Earnest and isolated, tormented by his hormones and his religious devotion, Adrian dreams of elaborate orgies with American film stars, and of marrying his sweetheart and fathering 11 children by her. He even dreams a history of the world as a chronicle of sexual frustration.
A Lifetime on Clouds is funny, honest and sweetly told: a less ribald, Catholic Australian version of Portnoy's Complaint (Random House, 1969).
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A Lifetime On Clouds by Gerald Murnane is praised for its originality and comedic portrayal of the gap between reality and dreams. The narrative follows the teenage protagonist, Adrian Sherd, blending humour with Murnane's imaginative storytelling. Critics commend the author's distinct style and ability to evoke both laughter and insight, making the novel a notable entry in Murnane’s body of work.
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ISBN: 9781922147455
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2013
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 221g
Pages: 306
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