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This is where I finished reading this #australianclassic today 😍. Patrick White requires your full attention and I‘m glad I was able to give it. Profound, lyrical, epic, it traverses life from birth to death of Stan Parker.
This is my second White and I was interested to see (from my Litsy review) that I finished my first, Eye of the Storm, on holiday in this very location 2 years ago 🤔. Hard work but worth the effort. 🙏🏻❤️ #ozfiction

Not the worst reading spot. 😍🙏🏻
Balingup, Western Australia.

On Gnaala Karla Booja Noongar country.

🤣😂 Upwardly mobile Thelma is newly married to her solicitor boss. It‘s the 1950s so she is now a lady of leisure. She and her new husband are visiting her parents in the countryside. Her mother Amy asks her whether she reads…

And this is why I will persist with this challenging, dense tome. Because I read a section like this and sigh. So evocative, beautiful, satisfying. I find Patrick White‘s writing exquisite. ❤️❤️❤️ #currentlyreading #ozfiction #australianclassic

It‘s taking me a while to get through this one, but how good is this reading spot? 👏🏼😍😁
#currentlyreading #ozfiction #classics

Making a start on this 1955 #australianclassic recommended by author Christos Tsiolkas, who has written a book on White‘s work. I have read one other Patrick White, The Eye of the Storm, which I absolutely adored.
The first page introduces us to the main character, his dog and his horse, so this photo of the book with my dog Rusty (the blur of fur in the background) seems appropriate. Wish me luck with this tome. #ozfiction🤞🍀

Shade thrown.

Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty.

Of course my mum was right - I did spend money. I got these two books by Aussie author Patrick White, who I've wanted to read for a while but not got around to. And can we all agree how delightful it is getting books in brown paper bags?