by Murray Bail · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429746723
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«Eucaliptus» is the contemporary fiction novel by Murray Bail, published in paperback by Edicions 62, with 248 pages and text in Catalan.
The widower Holland lives with his daughter Ellen in New South Wales (Australia). In love with eucalyptus trees, he promises Ellen's hand to whoever identifies all the species planted on his estate. The suitors fail one by one; when one is about to succeed, a mysterious young man appears to intrigue Ellen with tales and romances.
Work originally published in English; this Catalan edition belongs to the El Balancí collection. It won the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1999.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and narratives with a fable-like air, especially those interested in Australian literature.
Murray Bail is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel Homesickness.
