The Professor: A Play In Three Acts
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A darkly comic Australian novel, The Professor chronicles the life of an aging, self-important academic whose carefully constructed sense of superiority begins to unravel against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century society. Hal Porter, celebrated for his sharp, ornate prose and unflinching psychological insight, presents a portrait of vanity and self-delusion with biting wit and precision. The narrative illustrates how the professor's inflated ego and brittle worldview collide with the indifference of those around him, exposing the fragility beneath his pompous exterior. Porter's characteristically rich and layered style transforms what might seem a simple character study into a penetrating examination of intellectual pretension and the loneliness it breeds.
Author: Hal Porter
Format: Hardback
Published: 1966, Faber and Faber
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A darkly comic Australian novel, The Professor chronicles the life of an aging, self-important academic whose carefully constructed sense of superiority begins to unravel against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century society. Hal Porter, celebrated for his sharp, ornate prose and unflinching psychological insight, presents a portrait of vanity and self-delusion with biting wit and precision. The narrative illustrates how the professor's inflated ego and brittle worldview collide with the indifference of those around him, exposing the fragility beneath his pompous exterior. Porter's characteristically rich and layered style transforms what might seem a simple character study into a penetrating examination of intellectual pretension and the loneliness it breeds.