Season Of Youth (SIGNED)
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: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
A work of autobiographical fiction rooted in the Jewish immigrant experience in Australia, Season of Youth chronicles the coming-of-age of a young man navigating the tensions between his Eastern European heritage and the realities of his adopted homeland. Judah Waten draws on his own upbringing to present a vivid portrait of family life, political awakening, and the search for identity against the backdrop of early twentieth-century Melbourne. The narrative unfolds with warmth and quiet intensity, illustrating how the pressures of poverty, cultural displacement, and generational conflict shape a young protagonist's understanding of the world. Waten's prose carries a lyrical, humanist sensibility that situates this novel firmly within the tradition of Australian social realism, making it an enduring and deeply personal work of literary fiction.
Author: Judah Waten
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, F. W. Cheshire
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
A work of autobiographical fiction rooted in the Jewish immigrant experience in Australia, Season of Youth chronicles the coming-of-age of a young man navigating the tensions between his Eastern European heritage and the realities of his adopted homeland. Judah Waten draws on his own upbringing to present a vivid portrait of family life, political awakening, and the search for identity against the backdrop of early twentieth-century Melbourne. The narrative unfolds with warmth and quiet intensity, illustrating how the pressures of poverty, cultural displacement, and generational conflict shape a young protagonist's understanding of the world. Waten's prose carries a lyrical, humanist sensibility that situates this novel firmly within the tradition of Australian social realism, making it an enduring and deeply personal work of literary fiction.