Milk And Honey
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Book: Good
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Pages: Good
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A work of literary fiction by the celebrated Australian author Elizabeth Jolley, Milk and Honey presents a darkly unsettling domestic world steeped in obsession, isolation, and moral ambiguity. The novel chronicles the story of Jacob, a young man drawn into the suffocating orbit of a strange, insular family dominated by a tyrannical patriarch and his peculiar household, where the boundaries of loyalty and desire become dangerously blurred. Jolley crafts her narrative with a signature blend of dark humor and quiet menace, illustrating how ordinary lives can be quietly consumed by the extraordinary and the grotesque. Her prose is precise and deeply atmospheric, pulling the reader into a claustrophobic world that is at once absurd and deeply human. Milk and Honey stands as a compelling example of Jolley's mastery of psychological tension and her unflinching examination of the stranger currents running beneath suburban Australian life.
Author: Elizabeth Jolley
Format: Paperback
Published: 1984, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A work of literary fiction by the celebrated Australian author Elizabeth Jolley, Milk and Honey presents a darkly unsettling domestic world steeped in obsession, isolation, and moral ambiguity. The novel chronicles the story of Jacob, a young man drawn into the suffocating orbit of a strange, insular family dominated by a tyrannical patriarch and his peculiar household, where the boundaries of loyalty and desire become dangerously blurred. Jolley crafts her narrative with a signature blend of dark humor and quiet menace, illustrating how ordinary lives can be quietly consumed by the extraordinary and the grotesque. Her prose is precise and deeply atmospheric, pulling the reader into a claustrophobic world that is at once absurd and deeply human. Milk and Honey stands as a compelling example of Jolley's mastery of psychological tension and her unflinching examination of the stranger currents running beneath suburban Australian life.