Author: Bail, Murray

Brand: Vintage Classics

Edition: 1

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 272

Release Date: 01-07-2021

Details: 'A masterpiece. A novel of high seriousness and higher playfulness' Michael Hulse, Spectator

On a property in New South Wales, a man named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. As years pass and Ellen grows into a beautiful young woman, her father announces his decision: she will marry the first man who can name all the eucalypts, down to the last tree.

As suitors clamber to meet Holland's challenge, Ellen encounters a strange young man among her father's trees - a storyteller, with enchanting tales of faraway lands.

'Murray Bail is the warmest and quick-witted of storytellers. You will never forget what is at the heart of this book: one of the great and most surprising courtships in literature' Michael Ondaatje

EAN: 9781784876906

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English