Trout Opera, The - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1741666473 ISBN 13 : 9781741666472

Synopsis

The Trout Opera is a stunning epic novel that encompasses twentieth-century Australia. Opening with a Christmas pageant on the banks of the Snowy River in 1906 and ending with the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympics in 2000, it is the story of simple rabbiter and farmhand Wilfred Lampe who, at the end of his long life, is unwittingly swept up into an international spectacle. On the way he discovers a great-niece, the wild and troubled young Aurora, whom he never knew existed, and together they take an unlikely road trip that changes their lives. Wilfred, who has only ever left Dalgety once in almost a hundred years, comes face to face with contemporary Australia, and Aurora, enmeshed in the complex social problems of a modern nation, is taught how to repair her damaged life. This dazzling story - marvellously broad in its telling and superbly crafted - is about the changing nature of the Australian character, finding the source of human decency in a mad world, history, war, romance, murder, bushfires, drugs, the fragile and resilient nature of the environment and the art of fly fishing.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

After several lifetimes of living anonymously in the outback, Wildred Lampe is finally marked out for greatness in his hundredth year by the Sydney Olympic Committee who need an Australian everyman for their opening ceremony. On the verge of becoming a legend, Wilfred Lampe is in his paddock when a freak accident looks likely to rob him of his chance.

Helpless in his hospital bed, Wilfred discovers he has a great-niece, the wild and troubled Aurora. She has come to take him home, where he belongs. As Wilfred and Aurora criss-cross Australia in a clapped-out old Humber Vogue, Wilfred comes face to face with the new Australia, and Aurora, enmeshed in the complex social problems of a modern world, is taught how to repair her life.

Revue de presse

"An instant classic...A gorgeous glorious epic, beautifully but accessibly written...A towering achievement" (The Herald Sun)

"Sensual, sweet, creepy, The Trout Opera is a triumph" (Peter Carey)

"Bold and impressive...A marvellous achievement, epic in scope. His writing is strong and assured. Page after page delivers scenes and characters that shimmer with dramatic potential in prose that is breathtakingly lyrical" (Weekend Australian)

"A significant and moving achievement" (The Australian Literary Review)

"A vividly descriptive and masterfully constructed narrative...An insightful, brilliant Australian novel destined to become a classic" (Australian Bookseller)

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1741666473
• ISBN 13: 9781741666472
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible