Voss.
by White, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's fifth novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by famed Australian artist Sydney Nolan. Voss was published by Eyre & Spottiswood in 1957, and it's based upon the life of the nineteenth-century Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who disappeared whilst on an expedition into the Australian outback. Symbolism is heavily used in Voss, and is primarily religious. Voss is often compared to Christ. Voss visits the desert, leads men, and cures the sick. He also meets with the character Laura in garden which is comparable to the Garden of Eden.
Synopsis
PATRICK WHITE (1912-1990), an Australian novelist and playwright, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. His novel The Vivisector was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131223
- Title
- Voss.
- Author
- White, Patrick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Nobel Prize First Edition, Patrick White First Edition, Voss First Edition
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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