Aunts Story (Paperback)

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After her mother's death, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Freed of the trammels of convention, she leaves Australia for a European tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small French hotel. The Australian author won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square (October 27, 1994)
• ISBN-10: 0099324016
• ISBN-13: 978-0099324010
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #546,280 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another ripper, July 13, 2009

By	Kookaburra (Australia) - See all my reviews

If you like White , you'll like this.A master in control and use of language , with superb use of metaphors as always.He can describe in a paragraph which mortal take a chapter to envisage.This is high art in its best form ,entertaining and brilliant.
As with all his books on amazon I'm amazed at the paucity of reviews.Anyone who aspires to be a writer must read these works-do you have what it takes?

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Patrick White's "Aunt Story" is a literary triumph, June 22, 1998

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This review is from: The Aunt's Story (Penguin twentieth century classics) (Paperback)

Theodore was not like other women. She had no time for all the niceties that many take for granted. Afterall, she was stuck at home caring for her bitter,and senile Mother. On the eve of the Mother's death, Theodore begins an odyssey to discover the meaning of life and existence itself. A haunting tale that grips the reader with all the intensity and anguish that a book can muster. A quality book suitable for the thinking reader