The Persimmon Tree

Bryce Courtenay

ISBN 10: 067007070X / ISBN 13: 9780670070701

Published by Penguin, 2007

About this Item

Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author on dedication page: "(For) Queen & Francoise". Dust jacket very slightly scuffed from shelf wear. Maroon cover boards with gilt title lettering pristine. Spine nice and tight. All pages intact and unmarked. Looks rarely/barely used or read. With bonus bookmark for this edition. Bibliography. 712 pages.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1722892453751

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Persimmon Tree
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067007070X
• ISBN 13: 9780670070701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The persimmon tree is a symbol of life, a heartwood that will outlast everything man can make . . . It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into separate, dangerous escapes. They plan to reunite and marry in Australia but it is several years before their paths cross again, scarred forever by the dark events of a long, cruel war. In The Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtenay gives us a story of love and friendship set against the dramatic backdrop of the Pacific during the Second World War.

About the Author

Bryce Courtenay was born in 1933 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has lived in Australia for over forty years. Bryce wrote his first book, The Power of One, at the age of fifty-five. It has now sold nearly three million copies worldwide! His other bestselling titles include Tandia, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Jessica, Solomon's Song, Smoky Joe's Cafe, Four Fires, Matthew Flinders' Cat, The Family Frying Pan, Brother Fish, Whitethorn and Sylvia.