{"product_id":"2026200016309-secondhand-riders-in-the-chariot","title":"Riders In The Chariot","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: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sun-scorched suburbs of post-war Sydney, four extraordinary souls — a mad spinster, an Aboriginal painter, a Jewish refugee, and a simple-minded laundress — are bound together by a shared, incandescent vision of the divine chariot described in the Book of Ezekiel. Patrick White's Riders in the Chariot, first published in 1961, chronicles the brutal collision between these mystical outsiders and the smug, philistine conformity of Australian society, building to a devastating climax that is part crucifixion, part transcendence, and wholly unforgettable.\n\nWhite, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973, wields language with the force of a prophet, his prose dense, luminous, and unsparing in its dissection of prejudice, spiritual isolation, and the hunger for redemption. The novel stands as one of the great monuments of twentieth-century fiction, arguing that genuine grace exists only on the margins of a society too comfortable in its own mediocrity to recognise it. Whether White's vision ultimately offers salvation or condemnation is a question that will haunt the reader long after the final page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336815911131,"sku":"2026200016309-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8f74acdd-e2d7-4317-b051-92fb3c22171e.png?v=1789958682","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016309-secondhand-riders-in-the-chariot","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}