A First Place by David Malouf - ISBN: 9780857984043
Paperback
Explore home, nation, and self in this celebrated Australian writer’s essays.

A First Place

from the award-winning author of Remembering Babylon, Ransom and Johnno

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2015

Summary

A collection of personal essays and writing from David Malouf to celebrate his 80th birthday.

  • Topography, geography, history.
  • Multiculturalism, referendums, the constitution and national occasions.
  • Parental and grandparental romances, the sensual and bountiful beauty of Brisbane, the mysterious offerings of Queenslander houses, and leaving home.
  • The idea of a nation and the heart of its people.
  • Being Australian and Australia’s relationship to …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857984043
ISBN-10:0857984047
Author:David Malouf
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:2 March 2015
Weight:294g
Dimensions:201mm x 129mm x 23mm
About The Author

David Malouf

David Malouf is the internationally acclaimed author of novels including Ransom, The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), Remembering Babylon (winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), An Imaginary Life, Conversations at Curlow Creek, Dream Stuff, Every Move You Make and his autobiographical classic 12 Edmondstone Street. His Collected Stories won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award. His most recent books are A First Place and The Writing Life. He was born in 1934 and was brought up in Brisbane.

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