The World Of Charmian Clift
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket.
A rich collection of autobiographical essays and reflections, The World of Charmian Clift presents the luminous inner life of one of Australia's most beloved prose writers, drawing from the celebrated columns she wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Herald during the 1960s. With warmth, wit, and unflinching honesty, Clift chronicles her experiences living as an expatriate on the Greek islands of Kalymnos and Hydra, raising a family far from home, and grappling with the tensions between creative ambition and domestic life. Her prose moves with a lyrical, meditative quality that transforms the everyday — a market visit, a conversation with a neighbour, the arrival of a letter — into profound meditations on belonging, identity, and the passage of time. Edited and introduced after her untimely death in 1969, this collection stands as a testament to a singular literary voice that was both deeply personal and universally resonant, cementing Clift's enduring place in the canon of Australian literature.
Author: Charmian Clift
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Ure Smith - Sydney
Genre: Biography
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket.
A rich collection of autobiographical essays and reflections, The World of Charmian Clift presents the luminous inner life of one of Australia's most beloved prose writers, drawing from the celebrated columns she wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Herald during the 1960s. With warmth, wit, and unflinching honesty, Clift chronicles her experiences living as an expatriate on the Greek islands of Kalymnos and Hydra, raising a family far from home, and grappling with the tensions between creative ambition and domestic life. Her prose moves with a lyrical, meditative quality that transforms the everyday — a market visit, a conversation with a neighbour, the arrival of a letter — into profound meditations on belonging, identity, and the passage of time. Edited and introduced after her untimely death in 1969, this collection stands as a testament to a singular literary voice that was both deeply personal and universally resonant, cementing Clift's enduring place in the canon of Australian literature.