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"An instant classic...A gorgeous glorious epic, beautifully but accessibly written...A towering achievement" (The Herald Sun)
"Bold and impressive...A marvellous achievement, epic in scope. His writing is strong and assured. Page after page delivers scenes and characters that shimmer with dramatic potential in prose that is breathtakingly lyrical" (Weekend Australian)
"A significant and moving achievement" (The Australian Literary Review)
"A vividly descriptive and masterfully constructed narrative...An insightful, brilliant Australian novel destined to become a classic" (Australian Bookseller)
"As it shifts across ages and characters, this grand historical narrative plays out over the century's stage. In emotional reach it plumbs the deepest recesses of the beautiful and horrible human heart. A glowing set piece of very moving prose what sets in motion this vast and magnificently Australian saga of one man's life on the Snowy River" (The Age)
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"Bold and impressive...A marvellous achievement, epic in scope. His writing is strong and assured. Page after page delivers scenes and characters that shimmer with dramatic potential in prose that is breathtakingly lyrical" (Weekend Australian)
"A significant and moving achievement" (The Australian Literary Review)
"A vividly descriptive and masterfully constructed narrative...An insightful, brilliant Australian novel destined to become a classic" (Australian Bookseller)
"As it shifts across ages and characters, this grand historical narrative plays out over the century's stage. In emotional reach it plumbs the deepest recesses of the beautiful and horrible human heart. A glowing set piece of very moving prose what sets in motion this vast and magnificently Australian saga of one man's life on the Snowy River" (The Age)
A stunning epic novel that tells the story of the Twentieth Century through Australian eyes
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0385615078
- ISBN 13 9780385615075
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages512
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