The Cockatoos
Shorter Novels and Stories
The wild and beautiful birds of the title are the cockatoos who - welcome trespassers in a surburban garden - transform the lives of those they condescend to visit. The Davorens, who for seven years have lived in total silence, are united suddenly in mutual worship of their exotic guests. Miss Le Cornu, the lonely spinster for whom Davoren's calls have become a needed ritual, regards the birds' descent on her chimney-pot as a privilege little short of divine grace. Savage but kind-eyed, tearing with fierce beak at his chosen victim, the cockatoo appears in many disguises in this masterly collection of short novels and stories. Essentially, th…
Mehr
CHF 11.00
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4481-2979-9
- EAN: 9781448129799
- Produktnummer: 14347623
- Verlag: Vintage Digital
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 307 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 332 KB
Über den Autor
Patrick White was awarded the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature, 'for an epic, psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.'
83 weitere Werke von Patrick White:
Verfassungen als symbolische Verfasstheit und Stifter einer politischen Identität
Shorter Novels and Stories
Shorter Novels and Stories
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 8.00
The Ecology of Large Mammals in Central Yellowstone
Shorter Novels and Stories
Shorter Novels and Stories
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 109.60
Die Hamas - Analyse einer terroristischen Vereinigung
Shorter Novels and Stories
Shorter Novels and Stories
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 13.00
Die Macht des Vorurteils revisited. Die Doublette des Rassismus
Shorter Novels and Stories
Shorter Novels and Stories
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 32.25
Kollektive Identität und die Konstruktion des Anderen am Beispiel des Antiziganismus
Shorter Novels and Stories
Shorter Novels and Stories
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 16.00
Bewertungen
Anmelden