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Eucalyptus
de Bail, Murray
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 1860464947
- ISBN 13
- 9781860464942
- Librería
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: The Harvill Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a face mask with eyes closed. No bumps, single reading crease to spine, no wear creases to boards or to hinge. No rubs to spine. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. no tanning to text. No age darkening to edges. No visible faults. FINE. * Illustrations: NONE.* Product Description:- On a property in western New South Wales 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 his species of Eucalypt, down to the last tree. This fascinating novel follows the fortunes of her suitors and is a modern fairy tale and an unpredictable love story played out against the spearing light and broken shadows of rural Australia.* This is a FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. fnl with no visible faults.*
Sinopsis
The gruff widower Holland has two possessions he cherishes above all others: his sprawling property of eucalyptus trees and his ravishingly beautiful daughter, Ellen. When Ellen turns nineteen Holland makes an announcement: she may marry only the man who can correctly name the species of each of the hundreds of gum trees on his property. Ellen is uninterested in the many suitors who arrive from around the world, until one afternoon she chances on a strange, handsome young man resting under a Coolibah tree. In the days that follow, he spins dozens of tales set in cities, deserts, and faraway countries. As the contest draws to a close, Ellen and the stranger's meetings become more erotic, the stories more urgent. Murray Bail's rich narrative is filled with unexpected wisdom about art, feminine beauty, landscape, and language. Eucalyptus is a shimmering love story that affirms the beguiling power of storytelling itself.
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El Nov 8 2021, Cocksparrow Books dijo:
A work of fiction set in the isolated outback of Australia. A novel with a horticultural aspect and one that covers the theme of protective elder parent and vulnerable offspring.
This is a work which I found interesting, compelling and amusing as well as memorable.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 9273
- Título
- Eucalyptus
- Autor
- Bail, Murray
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - F/F/ND
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 1860464947
- ISBN 13
- 9781860464942
- Editorial
- Harvill Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London UK. 224
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998-07-02
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Cocksparrow Books
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