The Joyful Condemned
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
In the raw, unforgiving underbelly of mid-twentieth-century Australia, The Joyful Condemned chronicles the lives of those society has cast aside — the destitute, the wandering, and the defiant — through the unflinching yet compassionate lens of one of Australia's most socially committed novelists. Kylie Tennant immerses the reader in a world of struggle and dark humour, weaving together a tapestry of characters whose resilience in the face of poverty and marginalisation forms the beating heart of the narrative. Tennant's signature style — part social realism, part biting wit — cements her place alongside the great chroniclers of Australian life, drawing comparisons to the tradition of Henry Lawson in her fierce empathy for the dispossessed. Her prose carries an authenticity born from direct experience, as she was famously known to live among the communities she wrote about, lending every scene an unmistakable ring of truth. For readers who dare to look beyond comfortable certainties, The Joyful Condemned poses a quietly devastating question: who, truly, are the condemned?
Author: Kylie Tennant
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
In the raw, unforgiving underbelly of mid-twentieth-century Australia, The Joyful Condemned chronicles the lives of those society has cast aside — the destitute, the wandering, and the defiant — through the unflinching yet compassionate lens of one of Australia's most socially committed novelists. Kylie Tennant immerses the reader in a world of struggle and dark humour, weaving together a tapestry of characters whose resilience in the face of poverty and marginalisation forms the beating heart of the narrative. Tennant's signature style — part social realism, part biting wit — cements her place alongside the great chroniclers of Australian life, drawing comparisons to the tradition of Henry Lawson in her fierce empathy for the dispossessed. Her prose carries an authenticity born from direct experience, as she was famously known to live among the communities she wrote about, lending every scene an unmistakable ring of truth. For readers who dare to look beyond comfortable certainties, The Joyful Condemned poses a quietly devastating question: who, truly, are the condemned?