young desire text classics (7 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Illustrated by Bird on red branch cover art Ilustrador. reprint edition". VERY GOOD Condition clean, solild,bright ; black titles on orange & whote paper covers.back cover has 1x2" photo of author & biog. ; 345pg pages; Australian Poet & novelis.Unique author.hymn to youth; sexual freedom; moral independence;

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Light crease to front o/w clean, unmarked copy with crease-free spine. Solid reading copy. BP/Fiction.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the late afternoon of a day in February, that hottestof Australian summer months, when a brutal sun stoodbronze above the river flats which you may see fromthe dormitory windows of Chatterton, Charles came to the school with his mother, walking from the railway stationto the gates by a private path across a burnt, untidy field,overhung with Cape lilacs that still drooped, dusty andmelancholy.In the lower part of his belly fear kicked and pulsed like a child in the womb, ready to be born.Fifteen-year-old Charles Fox is sent away to boarding school, innocent, alone and afraid. There one of his masters develops an intense attachment to him. But when Charles meetsMargaret,a girl staying at a nearby farm for the holidays, he is besotted, and a passionate, unforgettable romance begins.Published in London in 1937 to wide acclaim,The Young DesireItis a stunning debut novel about coming of age- an intimate and lyrical account of first love, anda rich evocation of rural Western Australia.Itwon theAustralian Literature SocietyGold Medal, and is nowback in print as a Text Classic with a new introduction by David Malouf.'A hymn to youth, to life, to sexual freedom and moral independence.' - David Malouf'A book to set beside James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.The best novel I've read in a long, long time.One of the great stories of first love.Why isn't this stunning novel famous?' - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Softcover. Condición: Fine. Leichte Risse. In the late afternoon of a day in February, that hottest of Australian summer months, when a brutal sun stood bronze above the river flats which you may see from the dormitory windows of Chatterton, Charles came to the school with his mother, walking from the railway station to the gates by a private path across a burnt, untidy field, overhung with Cape lilacs that still drooped, dusty and melancholy.In the lower part of his belly fear kicked and pulsed like a child in the womb, ready to be born. Fifteen-year-old Charles Fox is sent away to boarding school, innocent, alone and afraid. There one of his masters develops an intense attachment to him. But when Charles meets Margaret, a girl staying at a nearby farm for the holidays, he is besotted, and a passionate, unforgettable romance begins. Published in London in 1937 to wide acclaim, The Young Desire It is a stunning debut novel about coming of age: an intimate and lyrical account of first love, and a rich evocation of rural Western Australia. It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and is now back in print for the first time in years with a new introduction by David Malouf.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the late afternoon of a day in February, that hottestof Australian summer months, when a brutal sun stoodbronze above the river flats which you may see fromthe dormitory windows of Chatterton, Charles came to the school with his mother, walking from the railway stationto the gates by a private path across a burnt, untidy field,overhung with Cape lilacs that still drooped, dusty andmelancholy.In the lower part of his belly fear kicked and pulsed like a child in the womb, ready to be born.Fifteen-year-old Charles Fox is sent away to boarding school, innocent, alone and afraid. There one of his masters develops an intense attachment to him. But when Charles meetsMargaret,a girl staying at a nearby farm for the holidays, he is besotted, and a passionate, unforgettable romance begins.Published in London in 1937 to wide acclaim,The Young DesireItis a stunning debut novel about coming of age- an intimate and lyrical account of first love, anda rich evocation of rural Western Australia.Itwon theAustralian Literature SocietyGold Medal, and is nowback in print as a Text Classic with a new introduction by David Malouf.'A hymn to youth, to life, to sexual freedom and moral independence.' - David Malouf'A book to set beside James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.The best novel I've read in a long, long time.One of the great stories of first love.Why isn't this stunning novel famous?' - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the late afternoon of a day in February, that hottestof Australian summer months, when a brutal sun stoodbronze above the river flats which you may see fromthe dormitory windows of Chatterton, Charles came to the school with his mother, walking from the railway stationto the gates by a private path across a burnt, untidy field,overhung with Cape lilacs that still drooped, dusty andmelancholy.In the lower part of his belly fear kicked and pulsed like a child in the womb, ready to be born.Fifteen-year-old Charles Fox is sent away to boarding school, innocent, alone and afraid. There one of his masters develops an intense attachment to him. But when Charles meetsMargaret,a girl staying at a nearby farm for the holidays, he is besotted, and a passionate, unforgettable romance begins.Published in London in 1937 to wide acclaim,The Young DesireItis a stunning debut novel about coming of age- an intimate and lyrical account of first love, anda rich evocation of rural Western Australia.Itwon theAustralian Literature SocietyGold Medal, and is nowback in print as a Text Classic with a new introduction by David Malouf.'A hymn to youth, to life, to sexual freedom and moral independence.' - David Malouf'A book to set beside James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.The best novel I've read in a long, long time.One of the great stories of first love.Why isn't this stunning novel famous?' - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.