Patrick White

Broschiertes Buch

The Cockatoos

Beschreibung

A collection of stories depicting sexual lapses, unaccustomed weather, interruptions to routine, toothaches and death. 'White is a shifty, complex artist' "Kirkus Reviews"

Autor

Patrick White was born in England in 1912 and taken to Australia, where his father owned a sheep farm. He was educated in England and served in the RAF, before returning to Australia after World War II. White published thirteen novels (one posthumously), three short-story collections and eight plays. His novels include The Aunt's Story and Voss, which won the inaugural Miles Franklin Literary Award, The Eye of the Storm and The Twyborn Affair. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1973. White died in 1990, aged seventy-eight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Text Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781925773606
• ISBN-10: 1925773604
• Artikelnr.: 55876576