Rooms & Houses: An Autobiographical Novel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A semi-autobiographical work of Australian literary fiction, Rooms & Houses chronicles the formative years of Norman Lindsay's own life through a richly drawn narrative that captures the textures of domestic existence and the awakening artistic consciousness of a young man in late nineteenth-century Australia. With vivid, sensory prose, Lindsay reconstructs the rooms, households, and personalities that shaped his early world, presenting a portrait of bohemian ambition set against the backdrop of colonial society. The novel carries the same irreverent wit and sharp observational energy that defined Lindsay's broader career as an artist and writer, rendering even mundane domestic scenes with a charged, almost theatrical intensity. Deeply personal yet universally resonant, it stands as an essential document for understanding the inner life and creative origins of one of Australia's most provocative cultural figures.
Author: Norman Lindsay
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Ure Smith - Sydney and London
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A semi-autobiographical work of Australian literary fiction, Rooms & Houses chronicles the formative years of Norman Lindsay's own life through a richly drawn narrative that captures the textures of domestic existence and the awakening artistic consciousness of a young man in late nineteenth-century Australia. With vivid, sensory prose, Lindsay reconstructs the rooms, households, and personalities that shaped his early world, presenting a portrait of bohemian ambition set against the backdrop of colonial society. The novel carries the same irreverent wit and sharp observational energy that defined Lindsay's broader career as an artist and writer, rendering even mundane domestic scenes with a charged, almost theatrical intensity. Deeply personal yet universally resonant, it stands as an essential document for understanding the inner life and creative origins of one of Australia's most provocative cultural figures.