Gould's Book Of Fish: A Novel In Twelve Fish

Gould's Book Of Fish: A Novel In Twelve Fish

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Condition: SECONDHAND

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Author: Richard Flanagan
Binding: Hardback
Published: Picador Pan Macmillan Australia, 2001

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings

This modern literary novel presents a richly imaginative reworking of Tasmanian history, as Flanagan chronicles the life of the convict‑artist William Buelow Gould through a series of intertwined narratives structured around twelve vividly rendered fish. It illustrates the brutality, corruption and strange beauty of the penal colony while arguing for the transformative power of art and storytelling in the face of oppression.

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Description

Author: Richard Flanagan
Binding: Hardback
Published: Picador Pan Macmillan Australia, 2001

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings

This modern literary novel presents a richly imaginative reworking of Tasmanian history, as Flanagan chronicles the life of the convict‑artist William Buelow Gould through a series of intertwined narratives structured around twelve vividly rendered fish. It illustrates the brutality, corruption and strange beauty of the penal colony while arguing for the transformative power of art and storytelling in the face of oppression.