Voss
Author: White, Patrick
ISBN: 9781742756882
Publisher: ADULT LOCAL VINTAGE - MASS MKT
Year First Published: 2012
Pages: 464
Dimensions: 199mm x 128mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The novel that put Australian literature on the map is now in a Vintage Classic edition
The novel that put Australian literature on the map is now in a Vintage Classic edition
Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naive young woman. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent. As hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in Sydney, moves through the months of separation as if they were a dream and Voss the only reality.
From the careful delineation of Victorian society to the sensitive rendering of hidden love to the stark narrative of adventure in the Australian desert, Patrick White's novel is a work of extraordinary power and virtuosity.
ISBN: 9781742756882
Publisher: ADULT LOCAL VINTAGE - MASS MKT
Year First Published: 2012
Pages: 464
Dimensions: 199mm x 128mm x 30mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The novel that put Australian literature on the map is now in a Vintage Classic edition
The novel that put Australian literature on the map is now in a Vintage Classic edition
Set in nineteenth-century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a naive young woman. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent. As hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura, waiting in Sydney, moves through the months of separation as if they were a dream and Voss the only reality.
From the careful delineation of Victorian society to the sensitive rendering of hidden love to the stark narrative of adventure in the Australian desert, Patrick White's novel is a work of extraordinary power and virtuosity.
