Set in Australia, a landscape scarred by a troubled past, The Custodians tells the stories of a group of friends as they move away from their shared world. These are the custodians, but of what, and for whom? The Custodians is a dramatic and powerful novel about friendship, love, betrayal and history: an intimate portrait of a generation of people who belong to a land that does not belong to them. 'A brilliantly vivid tapestry of the Australian predicament, rich in possibility, but shot through with accident and revelation. ... Read More
Set in Australia, a landscape scarred by a troubled past, The Custodians tells the stories of a group of friends as they move away from their shared world. These are the custodians, but of what, and for whom? The Custodians is a dramatic and powerful novel about friendship, love, betrayal and history: an intimate portrait of a generation of people who belong to a land that does not belong to them. 'A brilliantly vivid tapestry of the Australian predicament, rich in possibility, but shot through with accident and revelation. Through it all breathes the ancient reality of the land: its red earth and bright air painted with the sure hand of a master' Simon Schama 'Epic in its architecture, richly filigreed with intimate and erotic detail, The Custodians ...catches you gasping with joy of recognition and shock of surprise in its revelations of an Australian generation's experience. I love this book' Scott Hicks, writer/director of Shine 'In Nicholas Jose's highly enjoyable new novel, a panoramic lens sweeps across a whole Australian generation ...This fine book is an anatomy lesson of a land and its people as they were and are, and a spritely, often amused and amusing rendering of modern mores: not just a book about identity and sense of place, but about loyalty to one's place' Catherine Storey, Independent 'A novel of characters but also of ideas that takes us to the heart of Australia now' David Malouf Read Less
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine condition. Picador, 1997. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Nice and clean pages with a small nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small pencil mark impression on the edge of thr first blank page of the book, a couple of creases on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book.495pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: A group of childhood friends from Australia, the custodians of the title, meet again after their travels and find divisions have opened up between them. Then the discovery of ancient bones at a dried-up lake leads to a high-level battle for land and the custodians are caught in the thick of it.
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Very good. Clean & bright pages. Shelf wear & small repair on dustjacket. From Library Journal: One of Australia's leading writers, Jose (The Avenue of Eternal Peace, LJ 1/91) sheds light on the historical and contemporary dilemmas of his homeland through the intertwined fictional lives of eight men and women. From their privileged 1950s rearing to their adult professional lives, the childhood friends come together to celebrate successes, mourn losses, and explore irresistible attractions. Sometimes these recurring connections serve little purpose, but often they carry profound personal consequences, laden with meaning for the next generation and perhaps for the entire country. Most compelling is the story of Cleve, an Aboriginal stolen from his family by the government and raised apart from his culture during a shameful episode in Australian history. Cleve's lonely youth, his achievements, and his longing for his lost past bring breadth and depth to the plot. His moment of coming to terms with modern Australia is a believable and positive resolution worthy of cheers from the reader. Forcefully written and readable; recommended for public libraries. ? Starr E. Smith, Marymount Univ. Lib., Arlington, Va. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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