randolph stow (322 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Condizione: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Book is in very good condition, with minor shelf wear to cover and edges. Book lies flat, and inside pages are clean.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Brown paper covered boards with gold spine titles; mild wear; illustrated jacket has a small tear near crown; 2 small price sticker on front of jacket; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 221 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. He thought of his dream, of how he had looked up out of his hole, his pit, his wolf-pit, and seen the foreign leaves, which had formed themselves into a face.Laid low by a tropical disease and an accompanying malaise, Crispin Clare returns to his ancestral home in East Anglia. Local folklore seeps into his fever dreams and into his writing, and the lines between reality and myth soon start to blur. In this finely woven tale of illness and recovery, family and fable, Randolph Stow creates a unique imaginative landscape, populated by figures from old English myths and legends, and from Clares present. Weaving old-English legends with contemporary fables, Randolph Stow has created an exceptional story of loss and exile. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. First US Edition. The spine of the DJ is faded.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. His eyes are on the one eye of the rifle. His mouth splits open his brown beard. He throws up a hand, palm outward, in an unwilled, futile gesture to ward off death.A killer is hounding the seaside town of Old Tornwich. Residents are gripped by fear and suspicion, and the finger of blame is pointed in all directions. But the bodies keep falling and the crimes remain unsolved, the culprit at large. No mere whodunnit, The Suburbs of Hellits story inspired by a real-life serial killeris a profoundly disturbing psychological drama with a devastating conclusion, the final work of one of Australias greatest writers. Inspired by a real-life serial killer, this disturbing psychological drama is the final work of one of Australia's greatest writers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. I want to die. I do not want to be mad.It is like my body is a house, and some visitor has come, and attacked the person who lived there.After an Australian patrol officer commits suicide on a remote New Guinea island in 1959, five witnesses are called to a government inquiry. Each has a disturbing story to tell: strand by strand, the mystery of the officers past is unravelled. But what of other visitants, like the unidentified flying object and the cargo cult it has inspired on the island? Informed by Randolph Stows experiences, Visitants is an original, astonishing investigation of colonialism. An investigation into a Patrol Officer's suicide in New Guinea leads to revelations about his secret past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Even though MIDNITE was seventeen, he wasn't very bright. So when his father died, his five animal friends decided to look after him. Khat, the Siamese, suggested he became a bushranger, and his horse, Red Ned, offered to help. But it wasn't very easy, especially when Trooper O'Grady kept putting him in prison. So it was just as well that in the end he found GOLD! A brilliantly good-humoured and amusing history of the exploits of Captain Midnite and his five good animal friends. Even though MIDNITE was seventeen, he wasn't very bright. So when his father died, his five animal friends decided to look after him. Khat, the Siamese, suggested he became a bushranger, and his horse, Red Ned, offered to help. But it wasn't very easy, especially when Trooper O'Grady kept putting him in prison. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

1958 Stow, Randolph TO THE ISLANDS NY: Taplinger Publishing, c1982 Reprint 126pp, 8vo, Fine hardbound in d/w,

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Behind the uneasy trees rose the hills, and beyond them again the country of the lost, huge wilderness between this last haunt of civilization and the unpeopled sea.Exhausted and losing faith, an Anglican minister flees his mission in Australias northwest for the vast emptiness of the outback. In the soul country of the desert the old man searches for the islands of the Aboriginal dead, reflecting on past transgressions and on his lifes work. A Lear-like tale of madness and destruction, published when Randolph Stow was only twenty-two, To the Islands is compelling and wisea poetic masterpiece. The haunting and beautiful tale of an aged missionary's final days. A psychic drama of pride, guilt, atonement and self-discovery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Once prosperous, the town of Tourmaline in outback Western Australia is dying. The mines are drying up and the land is riddled by drought. Those townspeople left have little to do but wile away the hours with drink.Salvation of sorts arrives in the form of Michael Random, a mysterious water diviner who emerges from the desert. As the town's reluctant messiah Random begins to spread the word of Christ. Desperate for a reprieve, many of the locals are drawn to his teachings, but a stubborn few remain sceptical of their new leader.A post-apocalyptic parable, Tourmaline is Randolph Stow's most allusive and controversial novel. It remains a landmark in Australian literature more than half a century after its first publication.'Intense and extraordinary.' Spectator'Brilliantly evocative.disturbing.' Meanjin Randolph Stow's most surreal and allegorical novel, a bleak but comic staging of human frailty and the need for belief. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Paperback Edition.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea allows us a precious glimpse into a simpler kind of childhood in a country that no longer exists.In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite older cousin Rick leaves to join the army, the war takes a step closer. When Rick returns several years later, he has changed and the old merry-go-round that represents Rob's dream of utopia begins to disintegrate before his eyes.The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea allows us a precious glimpse into a simpler kind of childhood in a country that no longer exists. In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed from Geraldton in Western Australia. But when his favourite older cousin Rick leaves to join the army, the war takes a step closer. When Rick returns several years later, he has changed and the old merry-go-round that represents Rob's dream of utopia begins to disintegrate before his eyes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Spot on edge. This novel is set on the island of Kailuana in Papua New Guinea and revolves around a culture clash of the Indigenous peoples and colonials. 189p. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.

The covers are clean and bright, with lightly bumped corners and some chipping along the spine, slightly sunned; the pages are yellowed but clean, and the book is tight.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Revised Edition. Australian fiction; revised first U.S. printing, originally published in 1958; 126pp.

Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condizione: New. pp. 272.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: Good. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 174 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condizione: VERY GOOD. 1st US trade paperback printing. Novel set on the island of Kailuana in Papua New Guinea in 1959 in the last days of Australian rule, which is centered on a government inquiry into an outbreak of native violence and horrific death of a young administrator, a story which vividly depicts the clash of cultures between the Indigenous peoples and their colonial rulers. Although Stow received many awards, including the Patrick White award in 1979, he is the least well-known of the three great twentieth-century Australian novelists whose other members are Patrick White and Christina Stead. 189 pp Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.