The title of the anthology is taken from a two-day symposium held during the May 2007 Sydney Writers' Festival, to return to public awareness fiction by Australia's first Nobel Laureate for
literature. From that gathering came the 13 essays here exploring Patrick White's public selves, form and expression, his metaphysics, and performance. The topics include Riders in the Chariot
as a tale for our times, the politics of pessimism in The Tree of Man, earthed and transformative sacredness in Voss, and his queering of the Platonic myth. A primary and secondary bibliography
is provided. Price is converted from euros and subject to fluctuation. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
