{"product_id":"2026200011194-secondhand-the-eye-of-the-storm","title":"The Eye Of The Storm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Eye of the Storm is a towering work of Australian literary fiction from Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick White, widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever produced in the English language. The novel chronicles the final days of Elizabeth Hunter, a once-formidable and imperious Sydney socialite, as she lies dying in her opulent home attended by nurses and visited by her two adult children — a daughter, Dorothy, Princess de Lascabanes, and a son, Sir Basil Hunter, a celebrated actor. White masterfully uncovers the psychological and emotional wreckage that Elizabeth has wrought upon those around her, weaving past and present together through memory, desire, and self-delusion. At its heart, the novel argues that moments of transcendence — symbolised by Elizabeth's experience of calm at the centre of a cyclone — stand in stark contrast to the petty, compromised lives her children have inherited. Written with savage wit and profound compassion, it is a breathtaking meditation on power, mortality, and what it means to truly live.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956200059099,"sku":"2026200011194-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/427c1044-1618-4f27-967d-b299a1a9b2e0.png?v=1783499028","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011194-secondhand-the-eye-of-the-storm","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}