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<p><p>letters Are The Devil, And I Always Hope That Any I Have Written Have Been Destroyed.—patrick White<p>patrick White Spent His Whole Life Writing Letters. He Wanted Them All Burnt, But Thousands Survive To Reveal Him As One Of The Greatest Letter-writers Of His Time. <i>patrick White: Letters</i> Is An Unexpected And Final Volume Of Prose By Australia's Most Acclaimed Novelist. Only A Few Scraps Of White's Letters Have Been Published Before.<p>from The Aftermath Of The First World War Until His Death In 1990, Letters Poured From White's Pen: They Are Shrewd, Funny, Dramatic, Pigheaded, Camp, And Above All, Hauntingly Beautiful. He Wrote Novels To Sway A Hostile World, But Letters Were For Friends.<p>the Culmination Of Ten Years' Work And Reflection By David Marr, Author Of The Well-received Biography <i>patrick White: A Life</i>, The Volume Tells The Story Of White's Life In His Own Words. These Are The Letters Of A Great Writer, A Profound Critic, A Gossip With The Sharpest Eyes And Tongue, A Man Who Loved And Hated Ferociously, A Keen Cook, An Angry Patriot, And A Believer Never Free Of Doubt. <p>a Literary Milestone.—<i>kirkus Reviews</i><p>mean-spir
- Author
- Patrick White
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226895031
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 2.5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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