Eucalyptus

Awards:   Winner of ALS Gold Medal 1998 Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 1999 Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize 1999
Author:   Murray Bail ,  Humphrey Bower ,  Bolinda Studios
Publisher:   Bolinda Publishing
Edition:   Unabridged edition
ISBN:  

9781743111512


Publication Date:   01 March 2012
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Eucalyptus


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Awards

  • Winner of ALS Gold Medal 1998
  • Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 1999
  • Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize 1999

Overview

On a country property a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all the species of eucalypt, down to the last tree. Suitors emerge from all corners, including the formidable, straight-backed Mr Cave, world expert on the varieties of eucalypt. And then, walking among her father's trees, Ellen chances on a strange young man who in the days that follow tells her dozens of stories set in cities, deserts, faraway countries... Haunting and mesmerising, Eucalyptus illuminates the nature of storytelling itself.

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Author:   Murray Bail ,  Humphrey Bower ,  Bolinda Studios
Publisher:   Bolinda Publishing
Imprint:   ABC Audio
Edition:   Unabridged edition
ISBN:  

9781743111512


ISBN 10:   1743111517
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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...it's a pleasure simply to be immersed in Bail's caprice-prone mind. -- The New York Times Book Review Curious power is precisely what this novel delivers. Part of its charm is its style, the quirky sentences that rarely go where we expect, the sinister Arthur Machenesque beauty of the landscape descriptions, the meandering stories that fail to deliver their expected allegories, that never really end but instead begin others. -- The Washington Post One of the great and most surprising courtships in literature. -- Michael Ondaatje Whatever the source of Bail's peculiar magic, Eucalyptus casts a spell that will carry readers from first page to last and leave them wishing for a thousand and one more stories just like it. -- Amazon


Author Information

Murray Bail lives in Sydney. His first book, The Drover's Wife and Other Stories, was published in 1975. He has won numerous awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award for Eucalyptus. His most recent book is He. Humphrey Bower is a gifted and versatile actor. Since obtaining a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature at Oxford University, he has worked extensively in theatre, television and audiobook narration. Humphrey won the prestigious Audie Award (US) for his performance of The Family Frying Pan by Bryce Courtenay, and was shortlisted for an Audie Award for his performances of Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan and Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay. Humphrey's sensitive and intelligent readings are highly regarded and he is well-known for his capacity to perform a variety of accents.

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