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Published by The Text Publishing Company, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'This is a rare book, and rare in its own time. It is memoir, history, fiction, a documenting of filial gratitude and ingratitude, and a record of the cauldron of experience of a near-fatal illness, all bundled, coherently - that's the miracle - between covers. And written with a white intensity that assaults the way a Southern Ocean breaker does- first, shock, then - exhilaration.The paradox of this intensely personal, powerfully intelligent memoir is that it lets the reader through while leaving Clendinnen and the people she anatomises with their skins on and mystery intact.I am reminded of Sylvia Plath's last poems, not because Clendinnen is derivative - she is indelibly herself - but because she, too, can extrude clarity out of chaos.' - Morag Fraser, Age An astonishing memoir by one of Australia's greatest writers. Clendinnen takes us on a journey into dangerous territory in which her body, her mind and her life are irrevocably changed. A brave and mesmerising book, it is not about being ill or well - its true subject is being alive. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by The Text Publishing Company, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 302 pages. A decade ago.I fell ill.'Fall' is the appropriat e word; it is almost as alarming and quite as precipitous as fall ing in love. So begins Inga Clendinnen's beautifully written, r evelatory memoir exploring the working of human memory and the co nstruction of the self. In her early fifties, Clendinnen, Austral ia's award-winning historian of Mayan and Aztec history, was stru ck with an incurable liver disease, immobilized and forced to giv e up formal research and teaching. From her sickness comes a stri king realization of literacy's protean possibilities: that writin g can be a vital refuge from the debilitation of the body, and th at the imagination can blossom as the body is enfeebled. Exiled from both society and the solace of history, and awaiting the my sterious interventions of medical science, Clendinnen begins to w rite: about her childhood in Australia, her parents, her neighbor s, her own history. In addition to recovering half-forgotten stor ies -- about the town baker and his charming horse, Herbie, about the three elderly, reclusive sisters who let her into their clan destine world -- Clendinnen invents new ones to escape the confin es of the hospital, with subjects ranging from the jealousies bet ween sisters to a romantic, Kafkaesque encounter on a train. She also traces the physical, mental and moral impacts of her disease , and voices the terrifying drama of bizarre, vivid drug- and ill ness-induced hallucinations -- even one she had during her liver transplant. Along the way, Clendinnen begins to doubt her own m emories, remembering things that she knows cannot have happened a nd realizing that true stories often produce a false picture of t he whole. With her gifts forlanguage and observation, Clendinnen deftly explores and maps the obscure terrain that divides history from fiction and truth from memory, as she tries to uncover the relationship between her former selves and the woman she is now. An exquisite hybrid of humorous childhood recollections, masterfu l fictions and probing history, Tiger's Eye is a uniquely powerfu l book about how illness can challenge the self -- and how writin g can help one define and realize it.
Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. the author, a noted historian, became ill. This is the author's record of a near fatal hospitalisation, and recovery. First softcover edition. Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾" - 9¾" tall ). [10], 289, [5] pages, in illustrated softcover binding which has a reading crease on the spine section, and on the left-hand side of the front panel. The author has signed the book in a metallic purple pen on the title page and dated it 12/08/01. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1876485558. ISBN/EAN: 9781876485559. Inventory No: 0247561.
Published by The Text Publishing Company, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
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SOFTCOVER. Condition: 2000. A very good copy. An astonishing memoir by one of Australia's greatest writers. Clendinnen takes us on a journey into dangerous territory in which her body, her mind and her life are irrevocably changed. A brave and mesmerising book, it is not about being ill or well - its true subject is being alive.
Published by The Text Publishing Company 2000 Paperback, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Condition: Good.
Published by The Text Publishing Company 2000 Paperback, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Condition: Good.
Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
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Soft Cover. Condition: VG-. Reprint. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed, marked; prev. owner's name, liquidmark to top edge); pp. [x], 290 (last blank), [4 (advts., last blank). A very good copy.
Published by Text, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: Wormhole Books, Kunyung, VIC, Australia
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 289 pp. Very light general and edgewear to illustrated wraps. Edges of text block slightly yellowed. Spine uncreased. Security sticker to last (blank) page, otherwise internally as new. Size: Duodecimo.
Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'This is a rare book, and rare in its own time. It is memoir, history, fiction, a documenting of filial gratitude and ingratitude, and a record of the cauldron of experience of a near-fatal illness, all bundled, coherently - that's the miracle - between covers. And written with a white intensity that assaults the way a Southern Ocean breaker does- first, shock, then - exhilaration.The paradox of this intensely personal, powerfully intelligent memoir is that it lets the reader through while leaving Clendinnen and the people she anatomises with their skins on and mystery intact.I am reminded of Sylvia Plath's last poems, not because Clendinnen is derivative - she is indelibly herself - but because she, too, can extrude clarity out of chaos.' - Morag Fraser, Age An astonishing memoir by one of Australia's greatest writers. Clendinnen takes us on a journey into dangerous territory in which her body, her mind and her life are irrevocably changed. A brave and mesmerising book, it is not about being ill or well - its true subject is being alive. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'This is a rare book, and rare in its own time. It is memoir, history, fiction, a documenting of filial gratitude and ingratitude, and a record of the cauldron of experience of a near-fatal illness, all bundled, coherently - that's the miracle - between covers. And written with a white intensity that assaults the way a Southern Ocean breaker does- first, shock, then - exhilaration.The paradox of this intensely personal, powerfully intelligent memoir is that it lets the reader through while leaving Clendinnen and the people she anatomises with their skins on and mystery intact.I am reminded of Sylvia Plath's last poems, not because Clendinnen is derivative - she is indelibly herself - but because she, too, can extrude clarity out of chaos.' - Morag Fraser, Age An astonishing memoir by one of Australia's greatest writers. Clendinnen takes us on a journey into dangerous territory in which her body, her mind and her life are irrevocably changed. A brave and mesmerising book, it is not about being ill or well - its true subject is being alive. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by The Text Publishing Company, 2000
ISBN 10: 1876485558ISBN 13: 9781876485559
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: New. New. book.