Follow The Sun: A Novel Of The Australian Waterfront
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: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Rips and tears on jacket - now protected by mylar layer. Usual aging and shelf wear. Pages in good condition. Binding tight.
Set against the rugged and politically charged world of the Australian waterfront, this gritty work of literary fiction chronicles the lives of wharfies and maritime workers navigating the brutal realities of labor, solidarity, and survival in mid-twentieth-century Australia. Follow the Sun presents a vivid portrait of working-class struggle, capturing the camaraderie and conflict that define life on the docks with an unflinching, authentic voice rooted in Ron Tullipan's own experiences as a waterside worker. The novel illustrates the tensions between organized labor and the forces of capital, weaving personal drama into the broader social and political currents of the era. Written with a raw, earnest tone that honors the dignity of working men and women, it stands as a significant, if underappreciated, contribution to Australian proletarian literature.
Author: Ron Tullipan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Australasian Book Society
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Rips and tears on jacket - now protected by mylar layer. Usual aging and shelf wear. Pages in good condition. Binding tight.
Set against the rugged and politically charged world of the Australian waterfront, this gritty work of literary fiction chronicles the lives of wharfies and maritime workers navigating the brutal realities of labor, solidarity, and survival in mid-twentieth-century Australia. Follow the Sun presents a vivid portrait of working-class struggle, capturing the camaraderie and conflict that define life on the docks with an unflinching, authentic voice rooted in Ron Tullipan's own experiences as a waterside worker. The novel illustrates the tensions between organized labor and the forces of capital, weaving personal drama into the broader social and political currents of the era. Written with a raw, earnest tone that honors the dignity of working men and women, it stands as a significant, if underappreciated, contribution to Australian proletarian literature.