The Death Of A Wombat
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.
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the harsh and unforgiving Australian bush, a single creature's fate becomes a meditation on the continent's wild soul — The Death of a Wombat by Ivan Smith is a poignant and visually stunning tribute to Australia's native wildlife, chronicling the life and death of one of the country's most beloved marsupials against the backdrop of a land both ancient and imperilled. Accompanied by the vivid paintings, etchings, and line drawings of celebrated Australian artist Clifton Pugh, and graced with a foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, the work transcends the boundaries of a simple nature study to become a powerful artistic and literary statement on conservation and the fragile relationship between humanity and the natural world. Smith's prose is evocative and unflinching, presenting the wombat's world with a tenderness that never lapses into sentimentality, while Pugh's arresting artwork — raw, expressionistic, and deeply Australian — elevates the narrative into something approaching elegy. Together, word and image argue compellingly for the value of every creature that inhabits the ancient Australian landscape, asking the reader to consider what is lost when a species retreats before the advance of human progress. A rare collaboration between literature and fine art, this work remains a landmark in Australian nature writing, leaving one to wonder: how many other quiet deaths go unwitnessed in the bush?
Author: Ivan Smith
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the harsh and unforgiving Australian bush, a single creature's fate becomes a meditation on the continent's wild soul — The Death of a Wombat by Ivan Smith is a poignant and visually stunning tribute to Australia's native wildlife, chronicling the life and death of one of the country's most beloved marsupials against the backdrop of a land both ancient and imperilled. Accompanied by the vivid paintings, etchings, and line drawings of celebrated Australian artist Clifton Pugh, and graced with a foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, the work transcends the boundaries of a simple nature study to become a powerful artistic and literary statement on conservation and the fragile relationship between humanity and the natural world. Smith's prose is evocative and unflinching, presenting the wombat's world with a tenderness that never lapses into sentimentality, while Pugh's arresting artwork — raw, expressionistic, and deeply Australian — elevates the narrative into something approaching elegy. Together, word and image argue compellingly for the value of every creature that inhabits the ancient Australian landscape, asking the reader to consider what is lost when a species retreats before the advance of human progress. A rare collaboration between literature and fine art, this work remains a landmark in Australian nature writing, leaving one to wonder: how many other quiet deaths go unwitnessed in the bush?