The Wort Papers
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: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What begins as a seemingly chaotic collection of notes, letters, and fragments soon reveals itself to be one of Australian literature's most audacious and darkly comic experiments: The Wort Papers by Peter Mathers is a sprawling, anarchic novel that chronicles the life and obsessions of its eccentric protagonist through a cascade of documents, diaries, and digressions that blur the boundary between history and invention. Set against the rich and turbulent backdrop of Australian society, the novel presents a nation's contradictions — its colonial legacy, its larrikin spirit, and its uneasy modernity — through the fractured perspective of a man whose papers both conceal and confess in equal measure. Mathers, one of Australia's most criminally underappreciated literary voices, constructs a narrative that is simultaneously satirical and deeply humanist, illustrating how identity, myth, and memory are assembled from the scraps we leave behind. His prose is dense, irreverent, and wickedly intelligent, demanding an active reader willing to piece together meaning from deliberate disorder. The Wort Papers stands as a bold companion to his debut novel Trap, cementing Mathers' reputation as a writer unafraid to interrogate the Australian experience in all its absurdity — leaving the reader to wonder what truths, exactly, are buried within the wort.
Author: Peter Mathers
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What begins as a seemingly chaotic collection of notes, letters, and fragments soon reveals itself to be one of Australian literature's most audacious and darkly comic experiments: The Wort Papers by Peter Mathers is a sprawling, anarchic novel that chronicles the life and obsessions of its eccentric protagonist through a cascade of documents, diaries, and digressions that blur the boundary between history and invention. Set against the rich and turbulent backdrop of Australian society, the novel presents a nation's contradictions — its colonial legacy, its larrikin spirit, and its uneasy modernity — through the fractured perspective of a man whose papers both conceal and confess in equal measure. Mathers, one of Australia's most criminally underappreciated literary voices, constructs a narrative that is simultaneously satirical and deeply humanist, illustrating how identity, myth, and memory are assembled from the scraps we leave behind. His prose is dense, irreverent, and wickedly intelligent, demanding an active reader willing to piece together meaning from deliberate disorder. The Wort Papers stands as a bold companion to his debut novel Trap, cementing Mathers' reputation as a writer unafraid to interrogate the Australian experience in all its absurdity — leaving the reader to wonder what truths, exactly, are buried within the wort.