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Peter Carey's Booker Prize winning novel imagines Australia's youth, before its dynamic passions became dangerous habits. It is also a startling and unusual love story. Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. Together this unlikely pair create and are created by the spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia. Peter Carey's visionary brilliance, and his capacity to delight and surprise, propel this story to its stunning conclusion.
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Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1988
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- Titel
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Peter Carey
- Uitgever
- Faber
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1988
- Formaat
- Paperback
- ISBN13
- 9780571180950
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historische romans, Religieuze onderwerpen, Liefde, Klassiekers, 19e Eeuw, Verfilmd, Australië, Australische Literatuur, Kolonialisme, Sydney, Booker Prize
- Eerste editie
- 1988
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Oscar and Lucinda
- Beoordeling
- 3,6 van 5
- Aantekening
- Peter Carey's Booker Prize winning novel imagines Australia's youth, before its dynamic passions became dangerous habits. It is also a startling and unusual love story. Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. Together this unlikely pair create and are created by the spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia. Peter Carey's visionary brilliance, and his capacity to delight and surprise, propel this story to its stunning conclusion.