The aunts story, vintage classics by patrick white. Buy the aunt s story by white, patrick from amazon s fiction books store. This time im revisiting the aunts story by patrick white, one of the first australian novels i came across when i hadnt yet migrated to this country. It tells the story of theodora goodman, a lonely middleaged woman who travels to france after the death of her mother, and then to america, where she experiences what is either a gradual mental breakdown or an epiphanic revelation. Freed from the trammels of convention, she leaves australia for a european tour and becomes involved.
With the death of her mother, middleaged theodora goodman contemplates. He was educated in england and served in the raf, before returning to australia after world war ii. Complete summary of patrick white s the aunt s story. Symbolism abounds as white explores the fragmentary nature of theodora. Theodora goodman goes quietly insane in patrick whites enigmatic third novel. With the death of her mother, middleaged theodora goodman contemp. Patrick white audio books, best sellers, author bio. Significant relationship in patrick whites the aunts story. That opening sentenceof the aunts story, by patrick white london, 28 may 1912sydney, 30 september 1990has stayed in my head since i first read it more than thirty years ago. Patrick white the aunts story 1st edition 1st printing ebay. The aunts story by patrick white, 9781489488220, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. After lascaris arrived in australia a few months later, white purchased a small farm at castle hill on the northwestern outskirts of sydney.
I had never heard of him, but the article made him sound interesting. Patrick white biographical i was born on may 28th 1912 in knightsbridge, london, to australian parents. I bought the aunts story after reading the twyborn affair which after failing to get into voss i really enjoyed. But creating other peoples lives, even in love and pity, can lead to madness. The whole plot deals with theodora goodmans struggle for a free world in which she can attain truth. With the death of her mother, middleaged theodora goodman contemplates the desert of her life. The aunt s story has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. The aunts story by patrick white 9780143791027 dymocks. The expected delivery time period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method. It is also, thank heaven, gay and witty as well as tragic. The aunts story by patrick white is the first novel we will be discussing in our book club. Patrick whites autobiographical nobel prize acceptance speech. Patrick white was born in england in 1912 and taken to australia, where his father owned a sheep farm, when he was six months old.
Symbolism abounds as white explores the fragmentary nature of theodoras mind. Possible ex library copy, with all the markingsstickers of that library. Based on patrick whites own experiences in the early 1930s as a jackaroo at bolaro in southeastern new south wales, happy valley paints a portrait of a community in a d. Patrick whites the aunts story is one of the most beautiful books ive ever read, but its also without a doubt one of the most pretentious books ive ever read. The magic is fatally flawed by both slickness and indecision, and out of its lightfingered collapse there rises a johnsonian world of the daft and the greedy, ruled by. Patrick white, patrick white speaks, primavera press, sydney, publisher paul brennan, 1989. This topic is not marked as primarily about any work, author or other topic. White was brilliantly successful in his determination to prove, as he once put it, that the australian novel is not necessarily the dreary dun. The aunt s story is the third published novel by the australian novelist and 1973 nobel prizewinner, patrick white. The aunts story has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. See all 10 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. When i was six months old my parents returned to australia and settled in sydney, principally because my mother could not face the prospect of too many sistersinlaw on the property, in which my father had an.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outof. He settled in london, where he wrote several unpublished novels, then served in the raf during the war. Aug 16, 2002 the aunt s story belvoir street theatre, august 14. Divided into three parts, meroe, the jardin exotique and holstius, the novel recounts theodora goodmans ascent through life. The aunts story by patrick white and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was educated in england at cheltenham college and king s college, cambridge. I found the aunt s story very rewarding, but the reward is one that im afraid might look to a lot of readers like torture. The aunts story demonstrates an ambitious and innovative use of imagery, and shows white as willing to experiment with style and novelistic form. Patrick white s incandescent conviction has here paled into a kind of prizewinner s baroque. The aunt s story by white patrick abebooks passion for books. Patrick whites incandescent conviction has here paled into a kind of prizewinners baroque. Patrick white at books and writers nobel prize for literature 1973 press release. The aunts story by patrick white 10 editions first published in 1948 download. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting.
The first and last glimpse the audience gets of patrick white s wandering spinster theodora goodman is of her elongated shadow cast over well. This intimate tale deals with the peregrinations, both physical and mental, of an atypical woman. The aunts story discussion patrick white 100th anniversary challenge. The first and last glimpse the audience gets of patrick whites wandering spinster theodora goodman is. Buy the aunts story by patrick white from australias online independent bookstore, boomerang books. Freed from the trammels of convention, she leaves australia for a european tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small french hotel. The characters lack credibility and the book fails as either fact or fantasy.
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Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. A compendium of writing about books, readers, and libraries compiled by the bodleian library. Author of voss, the solid mandala, the tree of man, the aunts story, riders in the chariot, the vivisector, the burnt ones, the living and the dead patrick white open library donate. More information about this seller contact this seller 22. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The first follows theodoras childhood at her australian estate of meroe. Patrick white s the aunt s story is one of the most beautiful books ive ever read, but its also without a doubt one of the most pretentious books ive ever read.
Published in 1948, a quarter of a century before he won the nobel prize for literature, its a novel that retains a capacity to startle me. I would never put myself in the same list as patrick white, but in reading this book i have most certainly reread and copied down in awe many of his passages that i might learn how the magic works. Please note this service does not override the status timeframe dispatches in, and that the usually dispatches in. The aunts story is primarily concerned with theodoras attempt to attain some sort of epiphany, particularly when she yields to moments of close.
It is a very cleverly written novel, but a bit too clever maybe in the long second section. The aunts story is the third published novel by the australian novelist and 1973 nobel prizewinner, patrick white. Victor white was then fortytwo, his wife, ruth withycombe, ten years younger. May 18, 2017 this time im revisiting the aunts story by patrick white, one of the first australian novels i came across when i hadnt yet migrated to this country.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. He was educated in england at cheltenham college and kings college, cambridge. Buy the aunt s story by patrick white, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. Patrick white s autobiographical nobel prize acceptance speech. After the death of her domineering mother, middleaged theodora goodman travels to france, and then. Stephen michael sasse, companion notes to the aunt s story by patrick white, writelight, 2012. Buy the aunts story by patrick white from waterstones today. Very good with lightly rubbed edges and bottom corners of covers creased with last few pages creased. The aunts story is perhaps patrick whites most famous and detailed work of the disintegration of identity.
It s full illiterate verbal sludge and overly ambitious nonsense. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The aunts story book by patrick white 4 available editions. I bought the aunt s story after reading the twyborn affair which after failing to get into voss i really enjoyed. If i am really looking forward to a book i dont read. Apr 02, 2018 the mystical opacity of white s prose always seems to suggest that were never capable of understanding the things we wish to understand, or maybe even to comprehend the very questions we ought to be asking. Complete summary of patrick whites the aunts story. Patrick whites third novel is a brilliant, original and highly intelligent piece of work. Its full illiterate verbal sludge and overly ambitious nonsense. The aunts story by patrick white penguin books australia. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recyclable packaging with free.
Patrick white and the indigene, rodopi, amsterdam, new york, 2009. May 28, 2018 part three of the aunts story uses another epigraph from schreiners novel. See the edited extract from the recent book on white by christos tsiolkas here. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Patrick white with the death of her mother, middleaged theodora goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Theodora loves the place and has no desire to ever leave it, but at the same time, she is fascinated by the intermittent intrusions of another, more exotic life. I never believed in the eye of the storm for more than a few sentences at a time.
Patrick white s the aunt s story is one of the most beautiful books ive ever read, but it s also without a doubt one of the most pretentious books ive ever read. The aunt s story by patrick white i discovered patrick white in an article in the times literary supplement of london. Browse patrick whites bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Patrick whites magnificent debut novel, available for the first time since 1939.
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