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Miss Hare lives alone in the ruins of her family estate in the 1960s suburbs of Sydney, attended only by her housekeeper Mrs. Jolley. In her wanderings Miss Hare meets Alf Dubbo, an aboriginal artist; Mordecai Himmelfarb, a Holocaust survivor; and Mrs. Godbold, a local washerwoman. Tender and lacerating, subtle and sweeping, Patrick Whites boldest novel traces the personal and spiritual histories of these four lost souls toward the moment they meet and recognize their shared vision. Riders in the Chariot was the winner of the 1961 Miles Franklin Prize for Best Australian Novel and the 1965 Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society. Author Patrick White (1912-1990) was Australia's Nobel laureate in literature.
Synopsis:
Patrick White's brilliant 1961 novel, set in an Australian suburb, intertwines four deeply different lives. An Aborigine artist, a Holocaust survivor, a beatific washerwoman, and a childlike heiress are each blessed-- and stricken-- with visionary experiences that may or may not allow them to transcend the machinations of their fellow men. Tender and lacerating, pure and profane, subtle and sweeping, "Riders in the Chariot" is one of the Nobel Prize winner's boldest books.
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