Distant Land
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good; some foxing.
A work of Australian literary fiction, Distant Land by Judah Waten chronicles the experiences of Jewish immigrants navigating the challenges of displacement, identity, and belonging in their adopted homeland. Waten, one of Australia's most significant mid-twentieth-century writers, draws on his own heritage to render vivid portraits of characters caught between the world they left behind and the unfamiliar society they must now call home. The narrative unfolds with quiet emotional intensity, illustrating the tensions of cultural assimilation and the enduring pull of memory and tradition. Written with compassion and understated realism, the novel stands as a testament to the immigrant experience and its profound human cost.
Author: Judah Waten
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, F. W. Cheshire
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good; some foxing.
A work of Australian literary fiction, Distant Land by Judah Waten chronicles the experiences of Jewish immigrants navigating the challenges of displacement, identity, and belonging in their adopted homeland. Waten, one of Australia's most significant mid-twentieth-century writers, draws on his own heritage to render vivid portraits of characters caught between the world they left behind and the unfamiliar society they must now call home. The narrative unfolds with quiet emotional intensity, illustrating the tensions of cultural assimilation and the enduring pull of memory and tradition. Written with compassion and understated realism, the novel stands as a testament to the immigrant experience and its profound human cost.