Let The Birds Fly
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A work of Australian literary fiction, Let the Birds Fly presents a collection of short stories by one of Australia's most celebrated mid-twentieth-century writers, Vance Palmer, whose prose is renowned for its quiet intensity and deep connection to the Australian landscape and its people. Palmer chronicles the lives of ordinary Australians — farmers, laborers, and coastal dwellers — capturing the rhythms of rural and working-class life with understated yet powerful authenticity. Each story illustrates the tensions between individual longing and communal belonging, painting a portrait of a nation still defining its cultural identity. Written with a spare, lyrical tone that balances restraint with emotional depth, the collection stands as a testament to Palmer's enduring influence on Australian literature and his gift for finding profound meaning in everyday human experience.
Author: Vance Palmer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A work of Australian literary fiction, Let the Birds Fly presents a collection of short stories by one of Australia's most celebrated mid-twentieth-century writers, Vance Palmer, whose prose is renowned for its quiet intensity and deep connection to the Australian landscape and its people. Palmer chronicles the lives of ordinary Australians — farmers, laborers, and coastal dwellers — capturing the rhythms of rural and working-class life with understated yet powerful authenticity. Each story illustrates the tensions between individual longing and communal belonging, painting a portrait of a nation still defining its cultural identity. Written with a spare, lyrical tone that balances restraint with emotional depth, the collection stands as a testament to Palmer's enduring influence on Australian literature and his gift for finding profound meaning in everyday human experience.