{"product_id":"2026200014802-secondhand-early-promise","title":"Early Promise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark in Australian literary fiction, Early Promise by D. R. Burns is a work that captures the restless spirit of a nation still discovering its own cultural identity. Burns, best known for his critical study The Directions of Australian Fiction, brings the same incisive intelligence to this novel, crafting a narrative that probes the tensions between ambition, youth, and the weight of unfulfilled potential in an Australian social landscape.\n\nBurns writes with a measured, intellectual precision that rewards patient readers, drawing on his deep familiarity with the traditions and fault lines of Australian prose. Published under the Alpha Books imprint and acknowledged with the support of the Australian Literature Board, Early Promise stands as a testament to the vitality of mid-twentieth-century Australian writing. For those curious about the roads not taken — in literature as in life — this novel poses questions that linger long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203178209499,"sku":"2026200014802-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8571eedd-4422-4ca6-8d02-fbaaac7dc721.png?v=1788144861","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014802-secondhand-early-promise","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}