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The new york times, in a big feature published on 27 march 2018, called him the greatest living englishlanguage writer most people have never heard of. Oct 31, 2003 the plains is parable, fable, allegory, analogue, mythology, and vision. He has won the patrick white award, the melbourne prize for literature, an adelaide festival award, a victorian premiers literary award and. If it doesnt, murnane may not be the writer for you.
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His debut novel, tamarisk row 1974, was followed by nine other works of fiction, including the plains and, most recently, a million windows. He essentially takes an existing country australia and reimagines its history or, at least, a history of a large part of it. His debut novel, tamarisk row 1974, was followed by eleven other works of fiction, including the plains, a million windows and, most recently, border districts shortlisted for the miles franklin award. The plains by gerald murnane is a hallucinatory novella. Gerald murnane born 25 february 1939 is an australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel the plains 1982.
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