Bairnsdale: Portrait Of An Australian Country Town
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly evocative work of local history and memoir, Bairnsdale: Portrait of an Australian Country Town chronicles the life and character of Bairnsdale, a regional town in Victoria's Gippsland region, through the keen literary eye of one of Australia's most celebrated prose stylists. Hal Porter, himself a native of the region, presents an intimate and deeply personal account of the town's social fabric, its people, and its evolution across generations, drawing on both meticulous historical research and vivid autobiographical recollection. Written with Porter's signature ornate and precise prose, the portrait is at once a love letter to a vanishing way of life and a sharp-eyed examination of the quirks, hierarchies, and quiet dramas of small-town Australian existence. The result is a work that transcends conventional local history, standing as a testament to Porter's extraordinary ability to illuminate the universal through the intensely particular.
Author: Hal Porter
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, John Ferguson, Sydney
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly evocative work of local history and memoir, Bairnsdale: Portrait of an Australian Country Town chronicles the life and character of Bairnsdale, a regional town in Victoria's Gippsland region, through the keen literary eye of one of Australia's most celebrated prose stylists. Hal Porter, himself a native of the region, presents an intimate and deeply personal account of the town's social fabric, its people, and its evolution across generations, drawing on both meticulous historical research and vivid autobiographical recollection. Written with Porter's signature ornate and precise prose, the portrait is at once a love letter to a vanishing way of life and a sharp-eyed examination of the quirks, hierarchies, and quiet dramas of small-town Australian existence. The result is a work that transcends conventional local history, standing as a testament to Porter's extraordinary ability to illuminate the universal through the intensely particular.