The Transit Of Venus
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of literary fiction, The Transit of Venus chronicles the intertwined lives of two Australian sisters, Caro and Grace Bell, as they navigate love, loss, and ambition across continents and decades in the mid-twentieth century. Shirley Hazzard constructs a richly layered narrative that traces the sisters' relationships with a cast of compelling men — scientists, poets, and bureaucrats — whose choices irrevocably shape the women's destinies. Written in luminous, precise prose, the novel illustrates how fate and human longing operate with the same inexorable force as the celestial phenomenon of its title, where one body passes across the face of another, briefly and transformatively. Hazzard's tone is both elegiac and intellectually exhilarating, rewarding careful readers with foreshadowing so subtle it only reveals its full weight in retrospect. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, the novel presents a profound meditation on time, chance, and the quiet devastations of the heart.
Author: Shirley Hazzard
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Macmillan
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A sweeping work of literary fiction, The Transit of Venus chronicles the intertwined lives of two Australian sisters, Caro and Grace Bell, as they navigate love, loss, and ambition across continents and decades in the mid-twentieth century. Shirley Hazzard constructs a richly layered narrative that traces the sisters' relationships with a cast of compelling men — scientists, poets, and bureaucrats — whose choices irrevocably shape the women's destinies. Written in luminous, precise prose, the novel illustrates how fate and human longing operate with the same inexorable force as the celestial phenomenon of its title, where one body passes across the face of another, briefly and transformatively. Hazzard's tone is both elegiac and intellectually exhilarating, rewarding careful readers with foreshadowing so subtle it only reveals its full weight in retrospect. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, the novel presents a profound meditation on time, chance, and the quiet devastations of the heart.