Edens Lost
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A deeply personal and elegiac work of literary fiction, Eden's Lost chronicles the dissolution of an Australian family across generations, tracing the slow unraveling of innocence, belonging, and the idealized notion of home. Sumner Locke Elliott draws on his own turbulent childhood to craft a narrative saturated with longing and loss, presenting characters who are perpetually haunted by a paradise they can never fully reclaim. The prose is lyrical yet restrained, balancing tenderness with an unflinching honesty about the wounds families inflict upon one another. Elliott illustrates how the past clings to the present with quiet devastation, making this a resonant and emotionally rich novel for readers drawn to introspective, character-driven storytelling.
Author: Sumner Locke Elliott
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Michael Joseph
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A deeply personal and elegiac work of literary fiction, Eden's Lost chronicles the dissolution of an Australian family across generations, tracing the slow unraveling of innocence, belonging, and the idealized notion of home. Sumner Locke Elliott draws on his own turbulent childhood to craft a narrative saturated with longing and loss, presenting characters who are perpetually haunted by a paradise they can never fully reclaim. The prose is lyrical yet restrained, balancing tenderness with an unflinching honesty about the wounds families inflict upon one another. Elliott illustrates how the past clings to the present with quiet devastation, making this a resonant and emotionally rich novel for readers drawn to introspective, character-driven storytelling.