Inland
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What lies beyond the horizon of memory, language, and the self? Gerald Murnane's Inland is a radical and mesmerising work of Australian fiction that dismantles the conventional novel form, presenting instead a labyrinthine meditation on writing, seeing, and the nature of experience itself. Set against the vast, flat grasslands of inner Australia and the Hungarian plains, the narrative unfolds through the voice of a translator-narrator who communes across time and space with a long-dead writer, weaving together images, dreams, and the act of storytelling into a singular, hypnotic whole. Murnane, widely regarded as one of the most original and uncompromising voices in contemporary Australian literature, constructs a prose style of crystalline precision and quiet intensity that rewards patient, attentive reading. Inland is not merely a novel about place — it is a profound argument for the primacy of the image and the inner landscape over the external world, a book that insists fiction is a country of its own. For those willing to surrender to its rhythms, Inland promises a reading experience unlike any other — leaving one to wonder where, exactly, the borders of the self truly end.
Author: Gerald Murnane
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, William Heinemann Australia
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What lies beyond the horizon of memory, language, and the self? Gerald Murnane's Inland is a radical and mesmerising work of Australian fiction that dismantles the conventional novel form, presenting instead a labyrinthine meditation on writing, seeing, and the nature of experience itself. Set against the vast, flat grasslands of inner Australia and the Hungarian plains, the narrative unfolds through the voice of a translator-narrator who communes across time and space with a long-dead writer, weaving together images, dreams, and the act of storytelling into a singular, hypnotic whole. Murnane, widely regarded as one of the most original and uncompromising voices in contemporary Australian literature, constructs a prose style of crystalline precision and quiet intensity that rewards patient, attentive reading. Inland is not merely a novel about place — it is a profound argument for the primacy of the image and the inner landscape over the external world, a book that insists fiction is a country of its own. For those willing to surrender to its rhythms, Inland promises a reading experience unlike any other — leaving one to wonder where, exactly, the borders of the self truly end.