Swords And Crowns And Rings
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
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the brutal backdrop of the Great Depression in rural and urban Australia, Swords and Crowns and Rings is a sweeping, unflinching saga that follows Jackie Hanna — a dwarf — and his fierce, indomitable love for a woman society deems his superior, as they struggle to carve out a life in a world hell-bent on crushing those it considers different. Ruth Park chronicles their journey across a landscape of poverty, prejudice, and endurance, weaving a narrative that is at once achingly intimate and panoramic in its social scope. The novel stands as one of the great works of Australian literature, winning the Miles Franklin Award in 1977 and cementing Park's reputation as a master storyteller of the human condition. Her prose is visceral and luminous, capable of rendering both the tenderness of private love and the savagery of public cruelty with equal authority. Rich with period detail and moral complexity, this is a story that asks — with quiet, devastating insistence — what it truly means to belong, and whether love alone can be enough to survive a world that refuses to see you.
Author: Ruth Park
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set against the brutal backdrop of the Great Depression in rural and urban Australia, Swords and Crowns and Rings is a sweeping, unflinching saga that follows Jackie Hanna — a dwarf — and his fierce, indomitable love for a woman society deems his superior, as they struggle to carve out a life in a world hell-bent on crushing those it considers different. Ruth Park chronicles their journey across a landscape of poverty, prejudice, and endurance, weaving a narrative that is at once achingly intimate and panoramic in its social scope. The novel stands as one of the great works of Australian literature, winning the Miles Franklin Award in 1977 and cementing Park's reputation as a master storyteller of the human condition. Her prose is visceral and luminous, capable of rendering both the tenderness of private love and the savagery of public cruelty with equal authority. Rich with period detail and moral complexity, this is a story that asks — with quiet, devastating insistence — what it truly means to belong, and whether love alone can be enough to survive a world that refuses to see you.