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Discover the profound literary journey of 'Border Districts', a masterful work by acclaimed Australian author Gerald Murnane. Winner of the 2018 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, this brand new novel immerses you in the intricate landscapes of the mind and memory, set against the backdrop of the Wimmera plains. Having relocated to a remote town akin to his narrator, Murnane explores themes of existence as he contemplates the transition from life to death, capturing the complexity of human experience in a captivating narrative.
This deeply reflective fiction piece intertwines vivid imagery that resonates with readers familiar with Murnane's previous works. Engage with the evocative symbols that include dark-haired women, ancestral houses, and playful elements like marbles and goldfish, all illuminated by the enigmatic light of memory.
Published by Giramondo Publishing in collaboration with Farrar Straus Giroux, 'Border Districts' is a must-read for enthusiasts of contemporary Australian literature. With its blend of poetic language and philosophical musings, this book promises to leave a lasting impression on your soul.
Shipping for this item is free! Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. This hardcover edition, published in 2017 and with ISBN 9781925336542, is an essential addition to your literary collection.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925336542
Year: 2017
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
Description:
Winner of the 2018 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction
A new work by a master of contemporary
Australian fiction, highly regarded overseas, but little-known here.
Giramondo's publication of Border
Districts, and the retrospective volume Collected
Short Fiction (early next year) is a collaboration with the distinguished
New York publisher Farrar Straus Giroux.
Conceived as Gerald
Murnane's last work of fiction, Border
Districts was written after the author moved from Melbourne to a small town
on the western edge of the Wimmera plains, near the border with South
Australia. The narrator of this fiction has made a similar move, from a capital
city to a remote town in the border country, where he intends to spend the last
years of his life. It is a time for exploring the enduring elements of his
experience, as these exist in his mind, images whose persistence is assured,
but whose significance needs to be rediscovered. Readers of Murnane's earlier
work will recognise some of these images: the dark-haired young woman at a
window; the ancestral house set in grasslands; coloured glass, marbles,
goldfish, the outfits of jockeys. Murnane's images often draw their power from
the light that falls upon them from a distant or mysterious source. But he also
considers the possibility that the mind casts its own light, imbuing the images
in the observer's mind with the colours of his soul.
As Murnane's
narrator declares, 'the mind is a place best viewed from borderlands'. In this
work, Border Districts also refers to
the border country between life and death; and there is another m
This deeply reflective fiction piece intertwines vivid imagery that resonates with readers familiar with Murnane's previous works. Engage with the evocative symbols that include dark-haired women, ancestral houses, and playful elements like marbles and goldfish, all illuminated by the enigmatic light of memory.
Published by Giramondo Publishing in collaboration with Farrar Straus Giroux, 'Border Districts' is a must-read for enthusiasts of contemporary Australian literature. With its blend of poetic language and philosophical musings, this book promises to leave a lasting impression on your soul.
Shipping for this item is free! Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. This hardcover edition, published in 2017 and with ISBN 9781925336542, is an essential addition to your literary collection.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925336542
Year: 2017
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
Description:
Winner of the 2018 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction
A new work by a master of contemporary
Australian fiction, highly regarded overseas, but little-known here.
Giramondo's publication of Border
Districts, and the retrospective volume Collected
Short Fiction (early next year) is a collaboration with the distinguished
New York publisher Farrar Straus Giroux.
Conceived as Gerald
Murnane's last work of fiction, Border
Districts was written after the author moved from Melbourne to a small town
on the western edge of the Wimmera plains, near the border with South
Australia. The narrator of this fiction has made a similar move, from a capital
city to a remote town in the border country, where he intends to spend the last
years of his life. It is a time for exploring the enduring elements of his
experience, as these exist in his mind, images whose persistence is assured,
but whose significance needs to be rediscovered. Readers of Murnane's earlier
work will recognise some of these images: the dark-haired young woman at a
window; the ancestral house set in grasslands; coloured glass, marbles,
goldfish, the outfits of jockeys. Murnane's images often draw their power from
the light that falls upon them from a distant or mysterious source. But he also
considers the possibility that the mind casts its own light, imbuing the images
in the observer's mind with the colours of his soul.
As Murnane's
narrator declares, 'the mind is a place best viewed from borderlands'. In this
work, Border Districts also refers to
the border country between life and death; and there is another m