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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Behind the uneasy trees rose the hills, and beyond them again the country of the lost, huge wilderness between this last haunt of civilization and the unpeopled sea.Exhausted and losing faith, an Anglican minister flees his mission in Australias northwest for the vast emptiness of the outback. In the soul country of the desert the old man searches for the islands of the Aboriginal dead, reflecting on past transgressions and on his lifes work. A Lear-like tale of madness and destruction, published when Randolph Stow was only twenty-two, To the Islands is compelling and wisea poetic masterpiece. The haunting and beautiful tale of an aged missionary's final days. A psychic drama of pride, guilt, atonement and self-discovery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925240290
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Behind the uneasy trees rose the hills, and beyond them again the country of the lost, huge wilderness between this last haunt of civilization and the unpeopled sea.Exhausted and losing faith, an Anglican minister flees his mission in Australias northwest for the vast emptiness of the outback. In the soul country of the desert the old man searches for the islands of the Aboriginal dead, reflecting on past transgressions and on his lifes work. A Lear-like tale of madness and destruction, published when Randolph Stow was only twenty-two, To the Islands is compelling and wisea poetic masterpiece. The haunting and beautiful tale of an aged missionary's final days. A psychic drama of pride, guilt, atonement and self-discovery. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925240290
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Behind the uneasy trees rose the hills, and beyond them again the country of the lost, huge wilderness between this last haunt of civilization and the unpeopled sea.Exhausted and losing faith, an Anglican minister flees his mission in Australias northwest for the vast emptiness of the outback. In the soul country of the desert the old man searches for the islands of the Aboriginal dead, reflecting on past transgressions and on his lifes work. A Lear-like tale of madness and destruction, published when Randolph Stow was only twenty-two, To the Islands is compelling and wisea poetic masterpiece. The haunting and beautiful tale of an aged missionary's final days. A psychic drama of pride, guilt, atonement and self-discovery. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925240290