Venus Half-Caste
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: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Two small tears on FEP - still structural.
Set against the social tensions of mid-twentieth-century Australia, Venus Half-Caste is a literary novel that chronicles the turbulent life of a young woman of mixed heritage navigating a society riven by racial prejudice and class division. Leonard Mann, celebrated for his unflinching psychological realism, presents a portrait of identity, desire, and belonging with the same moral seriousness that distinguished his earlier war novel Flesh in Armour. The narrative uncovers the quiet violence of social exclusion, illustrating how the protagonist's search for love and acceptance is repeatedly undermined by the rigid hierarchies of the world around her. Written with restrained yet emotionally charged prose, the novel argues that the wounds inflicted by prejudice are as devastating as any physical harm, making it a powerful and enduring work of Australian fiction.
Author: Leonard Mann
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Hodder & Stoughton
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Two small tears on FEP - still structural.
Set against the social tensions of mid-twentieth-century Australia, Venus Half-Caste is a literary novel that chronicles the turbulent life of a young woman of mixed heritage navigating a society riven by racial prejudice and class division. Leonard Mann, celebrated for his unflinching psychological realism, presents a portrait of identity, desire, and belonging with the same moral seriousness that distinguished his earlier war novel Flesh in Armour. The narrative uncovers the quiet violence of social exclusion, illustrating how the protagonist's search for love and acceptance is repeatedly undermined by the rigid hierarchies of the world around her. Written with restrained yet emotionally charged prose, the novel argues that the wounds inflicted by prejudice are as devastating as any physical harm, making it a powerful and enduring work of Australian fiction.