The Aunt's Story
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:27th Oct '94
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973
With the death of her mother, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. On the journey home, Theodora finds there is little to choose between the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality.
With the death of her mother, middle-aged Theodora Goodman contemplates the desert of her life. Freed from the trammels of convention she leaves Australia for a European tour and becomes involved with the residents of a small French hotel. But creating other people's lives, even in love and pity, can lead to madness.
Her ability to reconcile joy and sorrow is an unbearable torture to her. On the journey home, Theodora finds there is little to choose between the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality. She looks for peace, even if it is beyond the borders of insanity...
ISBN: 9780099324010
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Weight: 203g
288 pages