Voss by Patrick White

Voss by Patrick WhiteWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANESet in nineteenth century Australia, Voss is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a nave young woman. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for each other. Voss sets out to cross the continent, and as hardships, mutiny and betrayal whittle away his power to endure and to lead, his attachment to Laura gradually increases. Laura,

But when Terry tries to prove that he can narrate as well as draw

There is an essay on Graham Greene's Brighton Rock and on the short fiction of Samuel Beckett

and that too without depending on the grace of Lady Luck

on this occasion

He's drawn up a 'manual of our marriage'

Scott Fitzgerald

Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story set years after the events of Hero of Ages

an approach to living that gave me more satisfaction

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Ferrante's writing has been described as compulsive (The Times) and astonishing (Guardian)

The Ring corrupts all who bear it and Frodo’s time is running out

an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories