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The novel that put Australian literature on the map is now in a Vintage Classic edition. 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. As hardships, mutiny, and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in Sydney, moves through the months of separation as if they were a dream and Voss the only reality.
From the careful delineation of Victorian society to the sensitive rendering of hidden love to the stark narrative of adventure in the Australian desert, Patrick White's novel is a work of extraordinary power and virtuosity.
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Voss by Patrick White is celebrated for its profound exploration of human nature and visionary storytelling. Critics often praise White's ability to blend mysticism with a deeply psychological narrative, capturing the rugged Australian landscape as almost a character in itself. However, some readers find its complex prose and philosophical depth challenging, yet ultimately rewarding. Overall, it is regarded as a classic of Australian literature, admired for its ambitious thematic scope and intricate character development.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781742756882
Publisher: Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2012
Country: Australia
Imprint: Vintage (Australia)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 308g
Pages: 464
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 He settled in London, where he wrote several unpublished novels, then served in the RAF during the war.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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