Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
1999 Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all his species of eucalyptus, down to the last tree...
Eucalyptus is a modern fairy tale and an unpredictable love story. Haunting and mesmeric, it illuminates the nature of story-telling itself.
About the Author
Murray Bail's fiction, which includes Eucalyptus, Holden's Performance, Homesickness and The Drover's Wife and Other Stories, has won a number of major awards.
Format: Paperback | 264 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 13.5 x 2 | 280g
Publication Date: 01 Nov 1998
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Publication City/Country: Melbourne, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1875847944
ISBN13: 9781875847945
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.