Passenger (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Name penned on fep.
A work of literary fiction from the acclaimed Australian author Thomas Keneally, Passenger chronicles the extraordinary perspective of an unborn child narrating his own gestation and the turbulent world he is about to enter. With a tone that is at once darkly comic and deeply philosophical, the novel presents the inner life of the fetus as he observes the fraught relationship between his parents and contemplates whether he even wishes to be born. Keneally illustrates the anxieties of mid-twentieth-century Australian life through this singular and inventive narrative conceit, using the unborn narrator as a lens to examine marriage, identity, and the weight of existence. Bold in its structure and rich in its emotional intelligence, Passenger stands as a testament to Keneally's willingness to push the boundaries of conventional storytelling, earning its place as one of the more daring works in Australian literary fiction.
Author: Thomas Keneally
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Collins
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Name penned on fep.
A work of literary fiction from the acclaimed Australian author Thomas Keneally, Passenger chronicles the extraordinary perspective of an unborn child narrating his own gestation and the turbulent world he is about to enter. With a tone that is at once darkly comic and deeply philosophical, the novel presents the inner life of the fetus as he observes the fraught relationship between his parents and contemplates whether he even wishes to be born. Keneally illustrates the anxieties of mid-twentieth-century Australian life through this singular and inventive narrative conceit, using the unborn narrator as a lens to examine marriage, identity, and the weight of existence. Bold in its structure and rich in its emotional intelligence, Passenger stands as a testament to Keneally's willingness to push the boundaries of conventional storytelling, earning its place as one of the more daring works in Australian literary fiction.