{"product_id":"voss-paperback","title":"Voss - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Keneally\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoin J. M. Coetzee and Thomas Keneally in rediscovering Nobel Laureate Patrick White\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1973, Australian writer Patrick White was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature \"for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.\" Set in nineteenth-century Australia, \u003ci\u003eVoss\u003c\/i\u003e is White's best-known book, a sweeping novel about a secret passion between the explorer Voss and the young orphan Laura. As Voss is tested by hardship, mutiny, and betrayal during his crossing of the brutal Australian desert, Laura awaits his return in Sydney, where she endures their months of separation as if her life were a dream and Voss the only reality. Marrying a sensitive rendering of hidden love with a stark adventure narrative, \u003ci\u003eVoss\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of extraordinary power and virtuosity from a twentieth-century master. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick White\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-1990) was born in England in 1912, when his parents were in Europe for two years; at six months he was taken back to Australia, where his father owned a sheep station. When he was thirteen, he went to school in England, to Cheltenham, \"where it was understood, the climate would be temperate and a colonial acceptable.\" Neither proved true, and after four rather miserable years there he went to King's College, Cambridge, where he specialized in languages. After leaving the university he settled in London, determined to become a writer. His first novel, Happy Valley, was published in 1939 and his second, \u003ci\u003eThe Living and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1941. During the war he was an RAF Intelligence Officer in the Middle East and Greece. After the war he returned to Australia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Aunt's Story\u003c\/i\u003e (1946), \u003ci\u003eThe Tree of Man \u003c\/i\u003e(1956), \u003ci\u003eVoss\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), \u003ci\u003eRiders in the Chariot \u003c\/i\u003e(1961), \u003ci\u003eThe Solid Mandala\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e(1973), \u003ci\u003eA Fringe of Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), and \u003ci\u003eThe Twyborn Affair \u003c\/i\u003e(1979). He also published two collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Burnt Ones\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) and \u003ci\u003eThe Cockatoos\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), which incorporates several short novels, a collection of novellas, \u003ci\u003eThree Uneasy Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), and his autobiography, Flaws in the Glass (1981). He also edited \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of Many in One \u003c\/i\u003e(1986). In 1973 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpon his death, \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003ewrote, \"Patrick White did more than any other writer to put Australian literature on the international map.... His tormented oeuvre is that of a great and essentially modern writer.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Keneally\u003c\/b\u003e has won international acclaim for his novels \u003ci\u003eSchindler's Ark\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfederates\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGossip from the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlaymaker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman of the Inner Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA River Town\u003c\/i\u003e. He is most recently the author of the biography \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519374389555,"sku":"9780143105688","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bKBCglbWym9780143105688.webp?v=1760496822","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/voss-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}