{"product_id":"9781922182418","title":"Happy Valley: Text Classics","description":"Author: White, Patrick \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922182418 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2014 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 200mm x 129mm x 27mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick White's magnificent debut novel-first published 1939, long out of print and now a Text Classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on Patrick White's own experiences in the early 1930s as a jackaroo at Bolaro, near Adaminaby in south-eastern New South Wales, \u003ci\u003eHappy Valley\u003c\/i\u003e paints a portrait of a community in a desolate landscape. It is a jagged and restless study of small-town and country life.\u003cbr\u003e White was twenty-seven when \u003ci\u003eHappy Valley\u003c\/i\u003e was published by George C. Harrop in London. This mesmerising first novel gives us a prolonged glimpse of literary genius in the making. It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1941, but White did not allow the novel to be republished in English in his lifetime. Its appearance now in the Text Classics series is a major literary event.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHappy Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is the missing piece in the extraordinary jigsaw of White's work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667935617182,"sku":"UBD-9781922182418","price":14.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922182418.jpg?v=1751333142","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922182418","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}