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Such Is Life

Such Is Life

Furphy, Joseph
Editions, Mint

Hardcover

Series: Mint Editions (Literary Fiction)

Classic FictionGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $22.99

ISBN10: 1513134329
ISBN13: 9781513134321
Publisher: Mint Ed
Published: Feb 15 2022
Pages: 174
Weight: 1.19
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Such is Life (1903) is a novel by Joseph Furphy. Written under his pseudonym Tom Collins, Such is Life is a unique and challenging story that took decades to achieve a proper audience. Earning comparisons to the works of Melville and Twain, Furphy's novel is considered a landmark of Australian literature. The fore part of the day was altogether devoid of interest or event. Overhead, the sun blazing wastefully and thanklessly through a rarefied atmosphere; underfoot the hot, black clay, thirsting for spring rain, and bare except for inedible roley-poleys, coarse tussocks, and the woody stubble of close-eaten salt-bush; between sky and earth, a solitary wayfarer, wisely lapt in philosophic torpor. Setting out on a trek through the outback, Tom Collins begins his seemingly endless torrent of words, a journey through language to match his journey over land. Accompanied by a dog and two horses, he meets a vibrant array of characters from all nations and walks of life; from drovers to criminals, Collins can talk with them all. Described by Furphy himself as offensively Australian, Such is Life is part travelogue, part philosophy, a novel ahead of its time that remains informative for our own. This edition of Joseph Furphy's Such is Life is a classic work of Australian literature reimagined for modern readers.

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