The World Of Charmian Clift
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few voices in twentieth-century Australian literature possessed the raw, luminous honesty of Charmian Clift, and The World of Charmian Clift stands as a testament to her extraordinary gift for rendering the intimate textures of life into art. This collection brings together her celebrated essays — sharp, tender, and fiercely observant — chronicling the joys and tensions of domestic existence, expatriate life, and the eternal human search for meaning, all filtered through a prose style of remarkable clarity and depth. With an introduction by her husband, novelist George Johnston, and illustrations by Martin Johnston, the volume is as much a family document as it is a literary one, offering readers an unparalleled window into one of Australia's most vibrant creative households. Clift's essays, originally written as weekly columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Herald, argue with quiet authority that the ordinary is never truly ordinary — that in the rituals of daily life lie the great themes of love, loss, identity, and belonging. Her writing carries an elegiac warmth that has earned her a devoted readership across generations, and this collection presents the full range of her singular sensibility. Published by Ure Smith in Sydney, The World of Charmian Clift remains an essential volume for anyone who wishes to understand the soul of mid-century Australian life — and the woman who captured it so unforgettably.
Author: Charmian Clift
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Ure Smith, Sydney
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few voices in twentieth-century Australian literature possessed the raw, luminous honesty of Charmian Clift, and The World of Charmian Clift stands as a testament to her extraordinary gift for rendering the intimate textures of life into art. This collection brings together her celebrated essays — sharp, tender, and fiercely observant — chronicling the joys and tensions of domestic existence, expatriate life, and the eternal human search for meaning, all filtered through a prose style of remarkable clarity and depth. With an introduction by her husband, novelist George Johnston, and illustrations by Martin Johnston, the volume is as much a family document as it is a literary one, offering readers an unparalleled window into one of Australia's most vibrant creative households. Clift's essays, originally written as weekly columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Herald, argue with quiet authority that the ordinary is never truly ordinary — that in the rituals of daily life lie the great themes of love, loss, identity, and belonging. Her writing carries an elegiac warmth that has earned her a devoted readership across generations, and this collection presents the full range of her singular sensibility. Published by Ure Smith in Sydney, The World of Charmian Clift remains an essential volume for anyone who wishes to understand the soul of mid-century Australian life — and the woman who captured it so unforgettably.