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Riders in the Chariot is the sixth novel by Australian author Patrick White. It was published in 1961 and won the Miles Franklin Award that year. It also won the 1965 Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society.
- Patrick White
- 1961
Jan 28, 2023 · Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White. Publication date 1961 Publisher Penguin Books Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet ...
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.
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One of the more accessible of his longer works, Riders in the Chariot is a remarkable novel about a group of people who hardly seem at all remarkable. White is able to imbue his characters with a depth that is astounding, revealing a humanity in them that most novelists cannot fathom.
RIDERS IN THE CHARIOT (1961) John Brack, Two Typists (1955) “I would like to persuade you that the simple acts we have learnt to perform daily are the best protection against evil.” Plot: Four souls in suburbia are each deeply lonely.
Patrick White's brilliant 1961 novel, set in an Australian suburb, intertwines four deeply different lives. An Aborigine artist, a Holocaust survivor, a beatific...
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Jun 30, 2011 · Books. Riders in the Chariot. Patrick White. Random House, Jun 30, 2011 - Fiction - 560 pages. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MALOUF Through the crumbling ruins of the once splendid Xanadu, Miss...
