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Born on a poor dairy farm in Queensland, Frank Harland's life is centred on his great artistic gift, his passionate love for his father and four brothers and his need to repossess, through a patch of land, his family's past. The story spans Frank's life; from before the First World War, through years as a swaggie in the Great Depression and Brisbane in the forties, to his retirement to a patch of Australian scrub where he at last takes possession of his dream.
Harland's Half Acre tells how a man sets out to recover the land his ancestors discovered and then lost and how, in fulfilment, this vision becomes a new reality.
Harland's Half Acre tells how a man sets out to recover the land his ancestors discovered and then lost and how, in fulfilment, this vision becomes a new reality.
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Harland's Half-acre From his poverty-stricken upbringing on a farm in Queensland, Frank Harland nurtures his artistic genius until the time comes when he can take possession of his dreams. Inextricably tangled with Frank is Phil Vernon, the only child of a wealthy Brisbane family, whose roots stretch back to England. Full description
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"David Malouf is one of Australia's most esteemed writers... Malouf often works on a broad canvas, portraying places, people and events in the panoramic context of history... [and] evoking the elusive interior worlds of his characters' perceptions" (Los Angeles Times)
"[A] remarkable book, in which the realist and the dreamer are finally and excitingly fused" (New York Times)
"A meditation, in the form of a novel, on the connection between life and art, by a talented Australian writer" (Washington Post)
"David Malouf is one of Australia's most esteemed writers... Malouf often works on a broad canvas, portraying places, people and events in the panoramic context of history... [and] evoking the elusive interior worlds of his characters' perceptions" (Los Angeles Times)
"[A] remarkable book, in which the realist and the dreamer are finally and excitingly fused" (New York Times)
"A meditation, in the form of a novel, on the connection between life and art, by a talented Australian writer" (Washington Post)
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0099273837
- ISBN 13 9780099273837
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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