{"product_id":"2026100008587-secondhand-the-hand-of-memory-selected-stories-and-verse","title":"The Hand Of Memory: Selected Stories And Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nAs 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160885469403,"sku":"2026100008587-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5c1f5f19-6824-4b51-973a-621ae6553d3f.png?v=1787187957","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008587-secondhand-the-hand-of-memory-selected-stories-and-verse","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}