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The Voyage Murray Bail

The Voyage By Murray Bail

The Voyage by Murray Bail


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Summary

Frank Delage, a middle-aged Australian on the make, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. But when the sheer audacity of his campaign dawns on him, Delage beats a retreat to the southern hemisphere...

The Voyage Summary

The Voyage by Murray Bail

Frank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He has invented a revolutionary piano and means to market it to the grand old world of classical music. A chance meeting with one Amalia von Schalla brings new possibilities - a soiree, an introduction to her daughter Elisabeth, dinner with an avant-garde composer.

But when the sheer audacity of his campaign dawns on him, he takes a slow boat home to the southern hemisphere. As it meanders through the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, he is afforded ample time to reflect on tensions between the old world and the new. And, for all his travails, he is not going home empty-handed...

The Voyage Reviews

'His works are to be savoured for their elegant artifice ... This is particularly true of The Voyage' Andrew Reimer, Sydney Morning Herald. * Sydney Morning Herald *
'This masterful concoction engages, excites and perturbs with singular virtuosity' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times. * Irish Times *
'One reads in a permanent faint fever, on tenterhooks, never knowing quite where a sentence or a paragraph may veer off to' John Banville. * John Banville *
'We won't see a finer piece of fiction in the longest while' Peter Craven, Melbourne Age. * Melbourne Age *
'Worthy of Henry James ... Deserves to be Booker nominated' Steve Barfield, The Lady. * Lady *

About Murray Bail

Born in Adelaide in 1941, Murray Bail now lives in Sydney. His fiction, which includes Eucalyptus, Holden's Performance, Homesickness and The Drover's Wife and Other Stories, has been translated into more than twenty-five languages, winning a number of major awards.

Additional information

GOR012593147
9781780878577
1780878575
The Voyage by Murray Bail
Used - Like New
Paperback
Quercus Publishing
20140130
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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