Offers the reader a private glimpse of Sydney and what lies behind the glittering facades and the venetian blinds. After living abroad for years, novelist Peter Carey returns home to Sydney and attempts to capture its character with the help of his old friends, drawing the reader into a wild and won
30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account
โ Scribed by Peter Carey
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Year
- 2008;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1608192385
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
This is a fabulously idiosyncratic small masterpiece ... its so good it takes your breath away.Times (UK)After living abroad for years, novelist Peter Carey returns home to Sydney and attempts to capture its character. Seeking the help of his old friends, Carey is soon drawn into their strange, anarchic worlds, each one orbiting the place he has come back to see. The result is a wild and wonderful journey of discovery and rediscovery as bracing as the southerly bluster that sometimes batters Sydneys shores. Famous sights such as Bondi Beach, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Blue Mountains all take on a strange new intensity when exposed to the penetrating gaze of the author and his friends.30 Days in Sydney offers the reader an enchanting glimpse behind the facades and the Venetian blinds of the city.
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