A Season on Earth

Discover Gerald Murnane's 'A Season on Earth', a pivotal piece of literary brilliance that connects his acclaimed works, 'Tamarisk Row' and 'The Plains'. Thought to be lost for over 40 years, this novel presents the complete journey of Adrian Sherd, a 16-year-old navigating the complexities of adolescence in 1950s Melbourne. Explore themes of youthful fantasies, touching explorations of love, and the struggles of identity through Murnane’s distinctive storytelling. Dive into Adrian's hilarious and poignant adventures, from his daydreams about Hollywood glamour to his challenges as a Catholic novice. This captivating novel, freshly published in 2019 by The Text Publishing Company, encompasses Murnane’s unique narrative style and offers a comprehensive look into the influences that shaped his remarkable literary career. Ideal for enthusiasts of Australian literature, 'A Season on Earth' is a must-read for anyone seeking a vivid portrait of the artist's journey. Enhance your personal library with a brand new copy featuring beautiful paper over boards, spanning 512 pages of Murnane's unmatched prose. Purchase now at Smartfox NZ and enjoy FREE shipping while expanding your literary collection today!
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925773347
Format: Paper over boards
Year: 2019
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 512


Description:
Lost to the world for more than four decades, A Season on Earth is the essential link between two acknowledged masterpieces by Gerald Murnane- the lyrical account of boyhood in his debut novel, Tamarisk Row, and the revolutionary prose of The Plains.

A Season on Earth is Murnane's second novel as it was intended to be, bringing together all of its four sections-the first two of which were published as A Lifetime on Clouds in 1976 and the last two of which have never been in print.

A hilarious tale of a lustful teenager in 1950s Melbourne, A Lifetime on Clouds has been considered an outlier in Murnane's fiction. That is because, as Murnane writes in his foreword, it is 'only half a book and Adrian Sherd only half a character'.

Here, at last, is sixteen-year-old Adrian's journey in full, from fantasies about orgies with American film stars and idealised visions of suburban marital bliss to his struggles as a Catholic novice, and finally a burgeoning sense of the boundless imaginative possibilities to be found in literature and landscapes.

Adrian Sherd is one of the great comic creations in Australian writing, and A Season on Earth is a revelatory portrait of the artist as a young man.

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