{"product_id":"9781921921872","title":"The Plains","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Patrick White Literary Award, 1999. Introduction by Wayne Macauley.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThere is no book in Australian literature like \u003ci\u003eThe Plains\u003c\/i\u003e. In the two decades since its first publication, this haunting novel has earned its status as a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eA nameless young man arrives on the plains and begins to document the strange and rich culture of the plains families. As his story unfolds, the novel becomes, in the words of Murray Bail, 'a mirage of landscape, memory, love and literature itself'. \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Melbourne in 1939. He has left Victoria only a handful of times and has never been on an aeroplane. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eTamarisk Row\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1974, and was followed by seven other works of fiction, most recently, \u003ci\u003eBarley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eInvisible Yet Enduring Lilacs\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). In 1999, Gerald Murnane won the Patrick White Award. In 2009 he won the Melbourne Prize for Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003eWayne Macauley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels, \u003ci\u003eBlueprints for a Barbed-Wire Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eCaravan Story \u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and \u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and the short fiction collection \u003ci\u003eOther Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). He lives in Melbourne. \u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003etextclassics.com.au\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Murnane is quite simply one of the finest writers we have produced.' Peter Craven \u003c\/p\u003e 'A distinguished, distinctive, unforgettable novel.' Shirley Hazzard\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 'Gerald Murnane is unquestionably one of the most original writers working in Australia today and \u003ci\u003eThe Plains\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating and rewarding book...The writing is extraordinarily good, spare, austere, strong, often oddly moving.' \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e 'A piece of imaginative writing so remarkably sustained that it is a subject for meditation rather than a mere reading...In the depths and surfaces of this extraordinary fable you will see your inner self eerily reflected again and again.' \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141107990768,"sku":"9781921921872","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921921872_p0.jpg?v=1763632174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921921872","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}