On Patrick White's Dilemmas

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On Patrick White's Dilemmas is written by Vrasidas Karalis and published by Brandl & Schlesinger. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0645235091 (ISBN 10) and 9780645235098 (ISBN 13).

'A brilliantly written, autobiographically structured meditation on Australia’s pre-eminent novelist Patrick White. Karalis’ small volume reflects eloquently on a lifetime of reading, writing, and translating. On Patrick White’s Dilemmas casts a sceptical eye on the grandiosity and hysteria of literary critics and critical theorists. It explores the highs and lows of the twentieth-century novel in a dazzling manner while dissecting White’s singularity: his startling use of language, defiance of fad and ideology, mastery of ambiguity, irony and mystery, quotidian drollness, and complex mythopoetic storytelling. Karalis’ book is remarkable – the most important examination of White’s divine comedy of disturbing human quandaries that has appeared to date.' – Professor Peter Murphy, La Trobe University