The Harp In The South
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: unclipped dj (9s.6d.net). Boards: square and clean; binding remains tight. 272pp.
In the cramped, sun-baked slums of Surry Hills, Sydney, the Darcy family scratches out a life of stubborn dignity, fierce love, and quiet heartbreak — a world Ruth Park renders with startling intimacy in The Harp in the South. The novel chronicles the struggles of Hughie and Margaret Darcy and their daughters as they navigate poverty, prejudice, and the relentless pressures of working-class Irish-Catholic life in post-war Australia, capturing the texture of an urban community that history has largely chosen to forget. Winner of the prestigious Sydney Morning Herald literary competition upon its publication in 1948, The Harp in the South stands as a landmark of Australian fiction, celebrated for its unsentimental yet deeply compassionate portrayal of the urban poor. Park writes with a journalist's eye for detail and a poet's ear for rhythm, weaving humour and tragedy into a narrative that feels as alive and chaotic as the streets it depicts. A novel that shocked, moved, and ultimately defined a generation of Australian readers, it leaves one wondering how much of the human spirit can be sustained by hope alone.
Author: Ruth Park; James Phillips (illustrator)
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, Michael Joseph
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: unclipped dj (9s.6d.net). Boards: square and clean; binding remains tight. 272pp.
In the cramped, sun-baked slums of Surry Hills, Sydney, the Darcy family scratches out a life of stubborn dignity, fierce love, and quiet heartbreak — a world Ruth Park renders with startling intimacy in The Harp in the South. The novel chronicles the struggles of Hughie and Margaret Darcy and their daughters as they navigate poverty, prejudice, and the relentless pressures of working-class Irish-Catholic life in post-war Australia, capturing the texture of an urban community that history has largely chosen to forget. Winner of the prestigious Sydney Morning Herald literary competition upon its publication in 1948, The Harp in the South stands as a landmark of Australian fiction, celebrated for its unsentimental yet deeply compassionate portrayal of the urban poor. Park writes with a journalist's eye for detail and a poet's ear for rhythm, weaving humour and tragedy into a narrative that feels as alive and chaotic as the streets it depicts. A novel that shocked, moved, and ultimately defined a generation of Australian readers, it leaves one wondering how much of the human spirit can be sustained by hope alone.