Subtle Flame
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy
A passionate work of Australian literary fiction, Subtle Flame chronicles the intense emotional and intellectual life of its protagonist as she navigates the competing demands of love, ambition, and social expectation in early twentieth-century Australia. Katharine Susannah Prichard, one of Australia's most celebrated and politically engaged novelists, brings her characteristic blend of lyrical prose and unflinching social realism to bear on themes of desire, identity, and the constraints placed upon women in a rapidly changing society. The narrative unfolds with a simmering intensity — the subtle flame of the title serving as a powerful metaphor for the restrained yet consuming passions that drive the characters forward. Prichard illustrates with remarkable psychological depth how personal yearning and ideological conviction can both liberate and destroy, rendering her characters as fully human and deeply contradictory. Readers familiar with her landmark works will find here the same courageous moral vision that defines her literary legacy.
Author: Katharine Susannah Prichard
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Australasian Book Society
Genre: Romance
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Good copy
A passionate work of Australian literary fiction, Subtle Flame chronicles the intense emotional and intellectual life of its protagonist as she navigates the competing demands of love, ambition, and social expectation in early twentieth-century Australia. Katharine Susannah Prichard, one of Australia's most celebrated and politically engaged novelists, brings her characteristic blend of lyrical prose and unflinching social realism to bear on themes of desire, identity, and the constraints placed upon women in a rapidly changing society. The narrative unfolds with a simmering intensity — the subtle flame of the title serving as a powerful metaphor for the restrained yet consuming passions that drive the characters forward. Prichard illustrates with remarkable psychological depth how personal yearning and ideological conviction can both liberate and destroy, rendering her characters as fully human and deeply contradictory. Readers familiar with her landmark works will find here the same courageous moral vision that defines her literary legacy.