Tourmaline
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Randolph Stow
Binding: Hardback
Published: Macdonald & Co., 1963
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Foxed page edges, chipped, rubbed and torn DJ.
Randolph Stow's acclaimed novel Tourmaline chronicles the slow decay of an isolated, drought-ridden Australian outback town, where hope has withered alongside the landscape. A mysterious prospector's arrival ignites a desperate, almost messianic fervor among the inhabitants, promising a miraculous end to their suffering. This stark and poetic narrative illustrates the fragility of faith and the corrosive power of false prophets in a community clinging to survival. Stow masterfully presents a haunting allegory of human resilience and delusion against a backdrop of environmental desolation, making it a profound work of literary fiction.
Author: Randolph Stow
Binding: Hardback
Published: Macdonald & Co., 1963
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Foxed page edges, chipped, rubbed and torn DJ.
Randolph Stow's acclaimed novel Tourmaline chronicles the slow decay of an isolated, drought-ridden Australian outback town, where hope has withered alongside the landscape. A mysterious prospector's arrival ignites a desperate, almost messianic fervor among the inhabitants, promising a miraculous end to their suffering. This stark and poetic narrative illustrates the fragility of faith and the corrosive power of false prophets in a community clinging to survival. Stow masterfully presents a haunting allegory of human resilience and delusion against a backdrop of environmental desolation, making it a profound work of literary fiction.