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An extraordinary story about a couple’s experience of moving into the remote Australian wilderness by Nobel Prize-winner Patrick White.
Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was an Australian writer who is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language novelists of the 20th century. From 1935 to his death, he published 12 novels, three short-story collections and eight plays. Humphrey Bower is a gifted and versatile actor. Since obtaining a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature at Oxford University, he has worked extensively in theatre, television and audiobook narration. Humphrey won the prestigious Audie Award (US) for his performance of The Family Frying Pan by Bryce Courtenay, and was shortlisted for an Audie Award for his performances of Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan and Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay. Humphrey's sensitive and intelligent readings are highly regarded and he is well-known for his capacity to perform a variety of accents.
'He is, in the finest sense, a world novelist.'
*Guardian*
'The novel has unforgettable scenes, marvellous characters, wide
ranges of mood, strikingly fresh imagery – all those ingredients
which make a novel ... become a permanent part of our memory.'
*Washington Post*
'His greatest novel, The Tree of Man is a tragic pastoral about the
penitential struggle with nature in a grim Australian Eden.'
*Observer*
'A timeless work of art from which no essential element of life has
been omitted.'
*New York Times Book Review*
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