- Title:
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The Eye of the Storm
- Written by:
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Patrick White
- Read by:
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Deidre Rubenstein
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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24
- Duration:
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29 hours 9 minutes
- Published:
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August 01 2019
- Available Date:
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August 01 2019
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655615613
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian; Classic Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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ABC Audio
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A savage exploration of family relationships from the Nobel Prize-winning Patrick White.
Elizabeth Hunter, an ex-socialite in her 80s, has a mystical experience during a summer storm in Sydney which transforms all her relationships: her existence becomes charged with a meaning which communicates itself to those around her.
From this simple scenario Patrick White unfurls a monumental exploration of the tides of love and hate, comedy and tragedy, impotence and longing that fester within family relationships.
In the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, three nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth, as her son and daughter convene at her deathbed. But, in death as in life, Elizabeth remains a destructive force on those who surround her.
The Eye of The Storm is a savage exploration of family relationships – and the sharp undercurrents of love and hate, comedy and tragedy, which define them.
'... splendidly noticed with moments of real wit and cosmopolitan worldliness.'
Kirkus Reviews