The Swayne Family
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: Second edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Binding tight. Faded spine. Good copy.
A work of Australian literary fiction, The Swayne Family by Vance Palmer chronicles the lives and tensions of a pioneering Australian family navigating the social and emotional landscapes of early twentieth-century rural life. Palmer, one of Australia's most celebrated writers of his era, illustrates the complex bonds of kinship, ambition, and tradition that both unite and fracture the Swayne clan across generations. Written with quiet realism and understated emotional depth, the narrative presents the struggles of ordinary people against the backdrop of a young nation still defining its identity. Palmer's prose is measured and evocative, grounding grand themes of loyalty, inheritance, and change in the intimate details of everyday domestic life.
Author: Vance Palmer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: Second edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Binding tight. Faded spine. Good copy.
A work of Australian literary fiction, The Swayne Family by Vance Palmer chronicles the lives and tensions of a pioneering Australian family navigating the social and emotional landscapes of early twentieth-century rural life. Palmer, one of Australia's most celebrated writers of his era, illustrates the complex bonds of kinship, ambition, and tradition that both unite and fracture the Swayne clan across generations. Written with quiet realism and understated emotional depth, the narrative presents the struggles of ordinary people against the backdrop of a young nation still defining its identity. Palmer's prose is measured and evocative, grounding grand themes of loyalty, inheritance, and change in the intimate details of everyday domestic life.