Daisy Bates in the Desert - Softcover
This blend of documentary and fiction describes the author's search for Daisy Bates, an eccentric woman who lived alone in the deserts of South Australia in the early years of the century and whose accounts of her times there make no distinction between fact and fantasy. As the author explores the ancient and desolate landscape where Mrs Bates found peace, and talks to Aborigines and Whites who remember her, she fuses her own imagination with that of her subject, recalling Daisy Bates's life as if it were her own.
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"She has extended the boundaries of biography with an exhilarating exercise in imaginative power and a brilliant piece of writing" (Anne Chisholm Observer)
"The book is full of vivid, astonishing images" (Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Times)
"Brilliant... enchanting" (Jan Morris Independent)
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"The book is full of vivid, astonishing images" (Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Times)
"Brilliant... enchanting" (Jan Morris Independent)
'This is the story of a remarkable individual life, a story rendered the more peculiar and fascinating by Blackburn's graceful prose and ever-surprising vision' - The Times
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- PublisherMinerva
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0749397179
- ISBN 13 9780749397173
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. This blend of biography and fiction describes the author's search for Daisy Bates, an eccentric woman who lived alone in the deserts of South Australia in the early years of the century and whose accounts of her times there make no distinction between fact and fantasy. As the author explores the ancient and desolate landscape where Mrs Bates found peace, and talks to Aborigines and Whites who remember her, she fuses her own imagination with that of her subject, recalling Daisy Bates's life as if it were her own. 232 pages. Seller Inventory # 1419080
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