A First Place
from the award-winning author of Remembering Babylon, Ransom and Johnno
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2015
Summary
A collection of personal essays and writing from David Malouf to celebrate his 80th birthday.
- Topography, geography, history.
- Multiculturalism, referendums, the constitution and national occasions.
- Parental and grandparental romances, the sensual and bountiful beauty of Brisbane, the mysterious offerings of Queenslander houses, and leaving home.
- The idea of a nation and the heart of its people.
- Being Australian and Australia’s relationship to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857984043 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857984047 |
| Author: | David Malouf |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2015 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
David Malouf
David Malouf is the internationally acclaimed author of novels including Ransom, The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), Remembering Babylon (winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), An Imaginary Life, Conversations at Curlow Creek, Dream Stuff, Every Move You Make and his autobiographical classic 12 Edmondstone Street. His Collected Stories won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award. His most recent books are A First Place and The Writing Life. He was born in 1934 and was brought up in Brisbane.
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