by PatrickWhite (Author)
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...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 27 Oct 1994
ISBN 10: 0099324016
ISBN 13: 9780099324010
Book Overview: Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973