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The Plains

The Plains( )
Author: Murnane, Gerald
Introduction by: Lerner, Ben
ISBN:978-1-925410-26-6
Publication Date:Apr 2017
Publisher:Text Publishing Company
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

This is the story of the families of the plains--obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology--and of the man who ventured into their world. First published in 1982, The Plainsis a mesmerising work of startling originality.

This handsome new hardback edition is introduced by Ben Lerner, author of the internationally acclaimed novelsLeaving the Atocha Stationand 10:04, and a work of criticism, The Hatred of Poetry.

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Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / General
Author Biography
Murnane, Gerald (Author)
Gerald Murname was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1939. In 1956, he matriculated from De La Salle College Malvern. He briefly trained for the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1957, but decided to become a teacher in primary schools from 1960 to 1968 and at the Victoria Racing Club's Apprentice Jockeys' School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1969, then worked in the Victorian Education Department until 1973.

He is the author of numerous books including Tamarisk Row, A Lifetime on Clouds, The Plains, Landscape with Landscape, Inland, Velvet Waters, Emerald Blue, Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs, Barley Patch, A History of Books, and A Million Windows. He won the Victorian Literary Award 2016 in the Nonfiction category for Something for the Pain: A Memoir of the Turf.

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