The Hanging Garden by Patrick White
Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War. The Hanging Garden ends as the news reaches Sydney of victory in Europe, and the children face their inevitable separation. White put the novel aside at this point and how he planned to finish the work remains a mystery.
[A] coherent and polished read, shrewd and tender about its two protagonists.. Arresting. -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Spectator *
What is instantly apparent is White's mastery of his art. He does what so many other writers ought to be able to do easily but often can't, which is set a scene economically and vividly. -- Alan Taylor * Herald *
In Patrick White’s centenary year, fans of Australia’s only Nobel Laureate had two treats: the publication of his unfinished last novel, The Hanging Garden and the reissue of his first, Happy Valley. -- Nicholas Shakespeare * Daily Telegraph *
It is frustrating and tantalising that The Hanging Garden is left, well, hanging. -- Robert Macfarlane * Sunday Times *
What is instantly apparent is White's mastery of his art. He does what so many other writers ought to be able to do easily but often can't, which is set a scene economically and vividly. -- Alan Taylor * Herald *
In Patrick White’s centenary year, fans of Australia’s only Nobel Laureate had two treats: the publication of his unfinished last novel, The Hanging Garden and the reissue of his first, Happy Valley. -- Nicholas Shakespeare * Daily Telegraph *
It is frustrating and tantalising that The Hanging Garden is left, well, hanging. -- Robert Macfarlane * Sunday Times *
Patrick White was born in England in 1912. His Australian parents took him home when he was six months old but educated him in England, at Cheltenham College and King's College, Cambridge. He settled in London, where his first novel, Happy Valley, was published to some acclaim in 1939. After serving in the RAF during the Second World War he returned to Australia with his partner, Manoly Lascaris. The novels, short stories and plays that followed The Tree of Man in 1956 made White a considerable figure in world literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973. The Hanging Garden was begun and put aside in 1981 when White was lured away to write once again for the theatre. The unfinished novel was found among his papers after his death in September 1990.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224097239 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224097237 |
| Title | The Hanging Garden |
| Author | Patrick White |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-04-05 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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