Eucalyptus : a novel / Murray Bail
- Bib ID:
- 4352947
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bail, Murray, 1941-
- Edition:
- 1st Picador ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Picador, 2007, c1998
- 255 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780312427313
- 031242731X
- Summary:
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On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different eucalyptus trees on his land, filling in the landscape, making a virtual outdoor museum of trees. When Ellen is nineteen, he announces his decision: she may marry only the man who can correctly name the species of each and every gum tree on his property. Suitors emerge from all corners, including the straight-backed Mr. Cave, a world expert on these famous Australian trees. And then one day, walking down by the river where silver light slants into the motionless trunks, Ellen chances on a strange young man resting under the Coolibah tree. In the days that follow, he tells her dozens of stories - set in cities, deserts, and faraway countries.
- Notes:
- Originally published by the Text Publishing Company, Australia.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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