The Plains by Gerald Murnane
An affordable boutique hardcover for Murnane fans, featuring a new introduction by Ben Lerner.'Murnane, a genius, is a worthy heir to Beckett.'--Teju Cole
'A careful stylist and a slyly comic writer with large ideas.'--Paris Review
'A distinguished, distinctive, unforgettable novel.'--Shirley Hazzard
'Deeply mysterious yet grounded in familiar, everyday detail, this novel is an alchemical miracle, converting vision into pure narrative... In the depths and surfaces of this extraordinary fable you will see your inner self eerily reflected again and again.'--Sydney Morning Herald
On their vast estates, the landowning families of the plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture. Obsessed with their own habitat and history, they hire artisans, writers and historians to record in minute detail every aspect of their lives, and the nature of their land. A young film-maker arrives on the plains, hoping to make his own contribution to the elaboration of this history. In a private library he begins to take notes for a film, and chooses the daughter of his patron for a leading role.
Twenty years later, he begins to tell his haunting story of life on the plains. As his story unfolds, the novel becomes, in the words of Murray Bail, 'a mirage of landscape, memory, love and literature itself'.
Gerald Murnane was born in Melbourne in 1939. He is the author of ten novels, which have been widely translated. His memoir, Something for the Pain was published in May 2016. He lives in western Victoria.
Gerald Murnane was born in Melbourne, Australia, in the year 1939. He has worked as a primary school teacher, an editor, and a lecturer at a university. Tamarisk Row (1974), his first novel, was followed by nine more, the most recent of which is A Million Windows. Murnane received the Patrick White Medal in 1999 and the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2009. He resides in the western part of Victoria.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781925355901 |
| ISBN 10 | 192535590X |
| Title | The Plains |
| Author | Gerald Murnane |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Text Publishing Company |
| Year published | 2017-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Patrick White Literary Award 1999 (Australia) |
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