The Twyborn Affair
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
The Twyborn Affair is a daring and psychologically profound novel that chronicles the fragmented life of Eddie Twyborn, a figure of extraordinary sensitivity and ambiguity who moves through the world in multiple identities across three distinct time periods and continents. Set against the backdrop of pre-WWI Europe, the Australian outback, and the glittering social circles of post-WWI London, the narrative presents a restless soul caught between desire, identity, and the suffocating expectations of class and gender — a life lived simultaneously in exile and in plain sight. Patrick White, Australia's Nobel Prize-winning literary titan, constructs this late-career masterwork with the ferocious intelligence and lyrical intensity that defines his greatest writing. Rich with irony, compassion, and a piercing examination of the human need for belonging, the novel argues that identity is not a fixed truth but a perpetual performance, forever reshaped by love, loss, and the cruelties of society. For readers willing to surrender to its labyrinthine depths, The Twyborn Affair promises a transformative encounter with one of the twentieth century's most singular and uncompromising literary voices.
Author: Patrick White
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
The Twyborn Affair is a daring and psychologically profound novel that chronicles the fragmented life of Eddie Twyborn, a figure of extraordinary sensitivity and ambiguity who moves through the world in multiple identities across three distinct time periods and continents. Set against the backdrop of pre-WWI Europe, the Australian outback, and the glittering social circles of post-WWI London, the narrative presents a restless soul caught between desire, identity, and the suffocating expectations of class and gender — a life lived simultaneously in exile and in plain sight. Patrick White, Australia's Nobel Prize-winning literary titan, constructs this late-career masterwork with the ferocious intelligence and lyrical intensity that defines his greatest writing. Rich with irony, compassion, and a piercing examination of the human need for belonging, the novel argues that identity is not a fixed truth but a perpetual performance, forever reshaped by love, loss, and the cruelties of society. For readers willing to surrender to its labyrinthine depths, The Twyborn Affair promises a transformative encounter with one of the twentieth century's most singular and uncompromising literary voices.