The Fortunes of Richard Mahony: Text Classics
Author: Richardson, Henry Handel
ISBN: 9781921922282
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2012
Pages: 950
Dimensions: 200mm x 129mm x 55mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Introduced byPeter Craven
He had never got within measurable distance of what he called life, at all...deep down in him, he knew, was an enormous residue of vitality...It was like a buried treasure, jealously kept for the event of his one day catching up with life- not the bare scramble for a living that here went by that name, but Life with a capital L.
Richard Mahony is a restless man. Ballarat, England, Melbourne, Europe, the bush- elsewhere is always better. Searching for a place, a meaning, a life, and always loyally supported by his wife Mary, he journeys from shopkeeping to medicine, from poverty to wealth, from order to chaos. With its wisdom, intelligence and effortless narrative power, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a masterpiece.
www.textclassics.com.au
ISBN: 9781921922282
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2012
Pages: 950
Dimensions: 200mm x 129mm x 55mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Introduced byPeter Craven
He had never got within measurable distance of what he called life, at all...deep down in him, he knew, was an enormous residue of vitality...It was like a buried treasure, jealously kept for the event of his one day catching up with life- not the bare scramble for a living that here went by that name, but Life with a capital L.
Richard Mahony is a restless man. Ballarat, England, Melbourne, Europe, the bush- elsewhere is always better. Searching for a place, a meaning, a life, and always loyally supported by his wife Mary, he journeys from shopkeeping to medicine, from poverty to wealth, from order to chaos. With its wisdom, intelligence and effortless narrative power, The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a masterpiece.
www.textclassics.com.au
