Every city, town and village has its memorial to war. Nowhere are these more eloquent than in Australia, generations of whose young men have enlisted to fight other people's battles - from Gallipoli and the Somme to Malaya and Vietnam. In THE GREAT WORLD, his finest novel yet, David Malouf gives a voice to that experience. But THE GREAT WORLD is more than a novel of war. Ranging over seventy years of Australian life, from Sydney's teeming King's Cross to the tranquil backwaters of the Hawkesbury River, it is a remarkable ...
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Every city, town and village has its memorial to war. Nowhere are these more eloquent than in Australia, generations of whose young men have enlisted to fight other people's battles - from Gallipoli and the Somme to Malaya and Vietnam. In THE GREAT WORLD, his finest novel yet, David Malouf gives a voice to that experience. But THE GREAT WORLD is more than a novel of war. Ranging over seventy years of Australian life, from Sydney's teeming King's Cross to the tranquil backwaters of the Hawkesbury River, it is a remarkable novel of self-knowledge and lost innocence, of survival and witness.
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Add this copy of The great world to cart. $6.45, very good condition, Sold by red rover do over rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from luxemburg, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Picador in association with Chatto & Windus.
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Picador in association with Chatto & Windus
Published:
1992
Language:
English
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17125861651
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of The Great World to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Picador.
Add this copy of The Great World to cart. $19.07, good condition, Sold by Websters Bookstore Cafe rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from State College, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Pan Books Ltd.
