Riders in the chariot: a novel

White, Patrick

Published by London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961

About this Item

White, Patrick. Riders in the chariot: a novel. First edition. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket, with minoir scuffs to corners, in a transparent protective sleeve. Brown cloth with a few marks, gilt lettering in a handwriting style to spine. Binding strong and tight. Fep has ownership signature. Some foxing to edges of page block. 552pp., contents clean and bright. Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 30 September 1990) was a British-born Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections, and eight plays, from 1935 to 1987. White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative vantage points and stream of consciousness techniques. In 1973 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature, the only Australian to have been awarded the prize. Riders in the Chariot is his sixth novel; it won the Miles Franklin Award and the 1965 Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society. The novel is the story of the lives of four loosely connected people, whose common link is the mystic experience of the chariot of the title described in the Book of Ezekiel, and traces their lives towards the point where they realise they share the same vision. The novel combines literature, mysticism and suburban life in 1950s Australia to show the ignorance and prejudice of the everyday people in reaction to the few who see the infinite, snowballing with catastrophic consequences. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1659695219350

Bibliographic Details

Title: Riders in the chariot: a novel

Publisher: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition