The Vivisector by Patrick White

The Vivisector by Patrick White

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The Vivisector by Patrick White

Join J. M. Coetzee and Thomas Keneally in rediscovering Nobel Laureate Patrick White

Hurtle Duffield, a painter, coldly dissects the weaknesses of any and all who enter his circle. His sister's deformity, a grocer's moonlight indiscretion, the passionate illusions of the women who love him-all are used as fodder for his art. It is only when Hurtle meets an egocentric adolescent whom he sees as his spiritual child does he experience a deeper, more treacherous emotion in this tour de force of sexual and psychological menace that sheds brutally honest light on the creative experience.

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ISBN 13 9780140036930
ISBN 10 0140036938
Title The Vivisector
Author Patrick White
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1973-08-30
Number of pages 624
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.