{"product_id":"2026100008941-secondhand-a-history-of-books","title":"A History Of Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to truly inhabit a book — not merely to read it, but to be consumed by it, to carry its landscapes and characters as permanent fixtures of the mind? A History of Books by Gerald Murnane presents a haunting and intellectually rigorous collection of interconnected fictions in which an unnamed narrator chronicles his lifelong, obsessive relationship with the books he has read, imagined, and dreamed of writing. Set in the interior geography of a solitary mind, the work maps the strange and shifting territories between memory, desire, and the printed page, constructing a portrait of a reader whose inner world is as vivid and consequential as any external reality. The tone is meditative and utterly singular — precise, unhurried, and quietly revelatory.\n\nMurnane, long celebrated as one of Australia's most distinctive and underappreciated literary voices, works in a mode that resists easy categorisation, blending autobiography, metafiction, and philosophical inquiry into a style that is unmistakably his own. A History of Books stands as a testament to his conviction that the act of reading is itself a form of lived experience, no less real than the world beyond the page. Published by Giramondo, this work will reward patient readers who are drawn to the inner lives of writers and thinkers — and leave them wondering where, exactly, the boundary between a life and a library truly lies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342781358299,"sku":"2026100008941-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6ff6f0e1-df57-483f-a003-4750b8b40748.png?v=1790049474","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008941-secondhand-a-history-of-books","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}