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OverviewWhat are The Pages? On a family sheep station in the interior of Australia, a brother and sister work the property while their reclusive brother, Wesley Antill, spends years toiling away in one of the sheds, writing a philosophy. Now he has died. Erica, a philosopher, is sent from Sydney to appraise his work. Accompanying her is Sophie, who needs a distraction from a string of failed relationships. Her field is psychoanalysis. These two women, each with different views of the world, face a situation they have not experienced before, with surprising results. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Murray BailPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.149kg ISBN: 9780099524281ISBN 10: 0099524287 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 06 August 2009 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsOne of the great and most surprising courtships in literature. <br>-- Michael Ondaatje<br><br> A most unusual, enchanting work . . . a novel of most beguiling originality. <br>-- Daily Telegraph <br><br> The novel's pleasures . . . mostly reside in its formal arrangement and Bail's brilliantly distilled and witty prose. <br>-- Times Literary Supplement <br><br> Complicated, enigmatic, interesting fiction. <br>-- The Times <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition. One of the great and most surprising courtships in literature. -Michael Ondaatje <br> A most unusual, enchanting work . . . a novel of most beguiling originality. - Daily Telegraph <p> From the Hardcover edition. Bail's highly idiosyncratic style resembles a choppy sea in which phrases and images constantly jostle each other to send up a dazzlingly brilliant spray. In addition, his ability to conjure up a character in a paragraph or even a mere sentence is remarkable -- Francis King * Literary Review * Quietly fascinating... Bail's prose is as full of space and glaring, almost painful light as the landscape... This book is as hard and sparse as that landscape, but no less beautiful for that -- Jonathan Gibbs * Independent * A nicely written, wonderfully entertaining novel... Philosophy is a big, difficult subject - there is none bigger - that Bail depicts thoughtfully and with sympathetic humour * The Daily Telegraph * A curious and intriguing novel... the brilliant skill of the writing makes the world come alive on the page -- Hermione Lee * Guardian * The novel's pleasures... mostly reside in its formal arrangement and Bail's brilliantly distilled, and witty prose * Times Literary Supplement * Author InformationMurray Bail was born in Adelaide in 1941. He is the author of four novels and two collections of short stories. Harvill Secker published his Notebooks in 2005. His novel Eucalyptus was awarded the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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