Forty-Two Faces
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
A vivid tapestry of Australian cultural life, Forty-Two Faces presents forty-two intimate portraits of the writers, artists, and public figures who shaped the nation's intellectual and creative landscape across the twentieth century. John Hetherington, one of Australia's most distinguished journalists and biographers, draws on decades of personal encounters and meticulous research to render each subject with a journalist's precision and a novelist's flair, capturing the private personalities behind celebrated public names. The collection stands as a landmark work of Australian biographical writing, offering an irreplaceable record of a defining cultural era. Hetherington's prose is economical yet evocative, moving between anecdote and analysis with the ease of a master storyteller. Together, these forty-two portraits form a mosaic that raises a compelling question: what does it truly mean to be an Australian artist, and what price does genius exact from those who pursue it?
Author: John Hetherington
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
A vivid tapestry of Australian cultural life, Forty-Two Faces presents forty-two intimate portraits of the writers, artists, and public figures who shaped the nation's intellectual and creative landscape across the twentieth century. John Hetherington, one of Australia's most distinguished journalists and biographers, draws on decades of personal encounters and meticulous research to render each subject with a journalist's precision and a novelist's flair, capturing the private personalities behind celebrated public names. The collection stands as a landmark work of Australian biographical writing, offering an irreplaceable record of a defining cultural era. Hetherington's prose is economical yet evocative, moving between anecdote and analysis with the ease of a master storyteller. Together, these forty-two portraits form a mosaic that raises a compelling question: what does it truly mean to be an Australian artist, and what price does genius exact from those who pursue it?