The Vivisector by Patrick White
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Condition Covers are rubbed and scuffed, with wear to the edges and corners Read full condition
Covers are rubbed and scuffed, with wear to the edges and corners. Pale spine is discoloured and marked, including brown spotting and a small blue mark. Pages are tanned, with light spotting visible on the preliminary pages.
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
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About this book
Painter Hurtle Duffield transforms the people around him into material for his art, examining their vulnerabilities with a gaze that can be both penetrating and cruel. Across his life, ambition and relationships become inseparable from the demands of creation. Patrick White's novel explores artistic obsession, emotional isolation and the human cost of making art.
- Author: Patrick White
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Year: 1974
- Edition / printing: 1974 reprint of the Penguin edition first published in 1973. First published by Jonathan Cape in 1970. Printed in Australia; Penguin Modern Classics.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 617
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140036938
- ISBN-13: 9780140036930
Condition: Covers are rubbed and scuffed, with wear to the edges and corners. Pale spine is discoloured and marked, including brown spotting and a small blue mark. Pages are tanned, with light spotting visible on the preliminary pages.
Book details
- Title
- The Vivisector
- Authors
- Patrick White
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- 1974
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- 1974 reprint of the Penguin edition first published in 1973. First published by Jonathan Cape in 1970. Printed in Australia; Penguin Modern Classics.
- Subjects
- FICTION, VINTAGE BOOKS, LITERARY FICTION, AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE, ARTISTS, PSYCHOLOGICAL FICTION, PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS
- Page count
- 617
- ISBN-13
- 9780140036930
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