Joseph Furphy: Such is Life, Stories, Verse, Essays and Letters edited by John Barnes

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor edgewear. Pages are sunned.

This volume contains the full text of Such is Life, the novel on which Joseph Furphy's reputation rests, along with excerpts from his other novels, and a selection of stories, verses, Bulletin articles, and letters.

In his introduction, John Barnes discusses the circumstances in which an ex-bullock driver, half bushman and half bookworm, came to write Such is Life and points to the qualities which have led to the recognition of his novel and an Australian classic.