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Title:
Novel3-Oscar And Lucinda
Genre:
Fiction
Literature
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Binding:
Paperback
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
511
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:20:56
Synopsis:
Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning novel imagines Australia’s youth, before its dynamic passions became dangerous habits. It is also a startling and unusual love story.
Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. Together this unlikely pair create and are created by the spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia.
Peter Carey’s visionary brilliance, and his capacity to delight and surprise, propel this story to its stunning conclusion.
Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. Together this unlikely pair create and are created by the spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia.
Peter Carey’s visionary brilliance, and his capacity to delight and surprise, propel this story to its stunning conclusion.
Author:
Peter Carey
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Publisher:
UQP
Barcode:
9780702221729
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$6.01
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-04-11
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:20:56
