The Hand Of Memory: Selected Stories And Verse
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
From the sun-scorched landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Australia emerges a literary voice of rare and enduring power — The Hand of Memory: Selected Stories and Verse by C. B. Christesen is a curated collection that draws together prose and poetry from one of the most significant figures in Australian literary culture. Christesen, the long-serving founder and editor of the legendary journal *Meanjin*, presents here a personal and artistic retrospective that chronicles the rhythms of Australian life, memory, and identity with lyrical precision and unflinching honesty. The collection uncovers the quiet drama of human experience — rural and urban, personal and national — woven through stories and verse that resonate with deep emotional intelligence. As the architect of *Meanjin*, Christesen shaped the contours of Australian literary consciousness for decades, and this anthology stands as a testament to that lifelong commitment to letters. His style balances restrained elegance with a palpable warmth, drawing the reader into a distinctly Australian world rendered in precise and evocative detail. Published by The Meanjin Press in Melbourne in 1970, this collection holds a unique place in the canon of Australian literature — a document of both personal memory and cultural heritage that leaves the reader asking: what else lies hidden in the hand that shaped a nation's stories?
Author: C. B. Christesen
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, The Meanjin Press
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
From the sun-scorched landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Australia emerges a literary voice of rare and enduring power — The Hand of Memory: Selected Stories and Verse by C. B. Christesen is a curated collection that draws together prose and poetry from one of the most significant figures in Australian literary culture. Christesen, the long-serving founder and editor of the legendary journal *Meanjin*, presents here a personal and artistic retrospective that chronicles the rhythms of Australian life, memory, and identity with lyrical precision and unflinching honesty. The collection uncovers the quiet drama of human experience — rural and urban, personal and national — woven through stories and verse that resonate with deep emotional intelligence. As the architect of *Meanjin*, Christesen shaped the contours of Australian literary consciousness for decades, and this anthology stands as a testament to that lifelong commitment to letters. His style balances restrained elegance with a palpable warmth, drawing the reader into a distinctly Australian world rendered in precise and evocative detail. Published by The Meanjin Press in Melbourne in 1970, this collection holds a unique place in the canon of Australian literature — a document of both personal memory and cultural heritage that leaves the reader asking: what else lies hidden in the hand that shaped a nation's stories?