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A season on Earth

by Gerald Murnane

Set in 1950s Melbourne, this novel follows Adrian Sherd from adolescent fantasies and life as a Catholic novice to a realisation of the imaginative possibilities of literature and landscapes. It provides the full text of a narrative previously published only in part.

Accession 23989 ISBN 9781925773347 Publisher Text Publishing
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