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The Plains: Text Classics
Published 26 April 2012
ISBN 9781921922275
Format Paperback
Extent 180pp
AU Price $14.95
NZ Price $17.99

The Plains: Text Classics

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26 Apr 2012
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There is no book in Australian writing like Gerald Murnane's The Plains.

Introduced by Wayne Macauley

Winner, Patrick White Literary Award, 1999

Twenty years ago, when I first arrived on the plains, I kept my eyes open. I looked for anything in the landscape that seemed to hint at some elaborate meaning behind appearances.

This is the story of the families of the plains—obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology—and of the man who ventured into their world.
Published 26 April 2012
ISBN 9781921922275
Format Paperback
Extent 180pp
AU Price $14.95
NZ Price $17.99
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About the author

Gerald Murnane

Gerald Murnane was born in Melbourne in 1939. He has been a primary teacher, an editor and a university lecturer. His debut novel, Tamarisk Row (1974), was followed by nine other works of fiction, including The Plains (now available as a Text Classic) and most recently A Million Windows. In 1999 Murnane won the Patrick White Award and in 2009 he won the Melbourne Prize for Literature. His memoir Something for the Pain won the 2016 Victorian Premier's Award for non-fiction. He lives in western Victoria.
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Praise for The Plains: Text Classics

'A distinguished, distinctive, unforgettable novel, with power of intelligence and imagination.' Shirley Hazzard

PRH, PRH

Rights for The Plains

Rights held: World

Rights sold: Brazil—Todavia; Bulgaria—List; Catalan—Miniscula; China—Ginkgo (Shanghai) Book Co.; Denmark—THP; Finland—Lurra Editions; France—Editions P.O.L.; Germany—Suhrkamp; Greece—Kastaniotis Editions; Israel—Carmel Publishing House; Italy—Safara Editore; Korea—EunHaeng NaMu Publishing Co.; Lithuania—Leidykla Rara; Netherlands—Signatuur; Norway—Det Norske Samlaget; Poland—Wydawnictwo Czarne; Portugal—Relogio D'Agua Editores; Romania—Grup Media Litera; Serbia—Blum; Slovenia—Litera; Spain—Miniscula; Sweden—Albert Bonniers Forlag; Turkey—Harfa.