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The Eye of the Storm

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Pub Date 14 Dec 2010 | Archive Date 31 May 2013

General Fiction (Adult)

Description

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Elizabeth Hunter, an ex-socialite in her eighties, has a mystical experience during a summer storm in Sydney which transforms all her relationships: her existence becomes charged with a meaning which communicates itself to those around her. From this simple scenario Patrick White unfurls a monumental exploration of the tides of love and hate, comedy and tragedy, impotence and and longing that fester within family relationships.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Elizabeth Hunter, an ex-socialite in her eighties, has a mystical experience during a summer storm in Sydney which transforms all her relationships: her existence becomes...

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UK edition - available for readers in the UK and Commonwealth excluding Canada.

UK edition - available for readers in the UK and Commonwealth excluding Canada.

Advance Praise

'Beautiful and heroic...Every passage merits attention and gives satisfaction' New York Times Book Review


'One of the greatest magicians of fiction ... White's scope is vast and his invention endless' Observer


'Patrick White is, in the finest sense, a world novelist. His themes are catholic and complex and he pursues them with a single-minded energy and vision' Guardian


'The outstanding figure in Australian fiction' New York Times

'Beautiful and heroic...Every passage merits attention and gives satisfaction' New York Times Book Review


'One of the greatest magicians of fiction ... White's scope is vast and his invention endless' ...

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Marketing Plan

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling

Patrick White won the Nobel Prize for literature or his "epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling

Patrick White won the Nobel Prize for literature or his "epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new...

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Available Editions

EDITION Ebook
ISBN 9781446435045
PRICE £9.38 (GBP)

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