| Riders in the Chariot Contributor(s): White, Patrick (Author), Malouf, David (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590170024 ISBN-13: 9781590170021 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: Patrick White's brilliant 1961 novel, set in an Australian suburb, intertwines four deeply different lives. An Aborigine artist, a Holocaust survivor, a beatific washerwoman, and a childlike heiress are each blessed-- and stricken-- with visionary experiences that may or may not allow them to transcend the machinations of their fellow men. Tender and lacerating, pure and profane, subtle and sweeping, "Riders in the Chariot" is one of the Nobel Prize winner's boldest books. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002000742 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.36" H x 5.06" W x 7.94" (1.42 lbs) 656 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Patrick White's brilliant 1961 novel, set in an Australian suburb, intertwines four deeply different lives. An Aborigine artist, a Holocaust survivor, a beatific washerwoman, and a childlike heiress are each blessed--and stricken--with visionary experiences that may or may not allow them to transcend the machinations of their fellow men. Tender and lacerating, pure and profane, subtle and sweeping, Riders in the Chariot is one of the Nobel Prize winner's boldest books. |