Voss describes an epic journey, both physical and spiritual. The eponymous hero, Johann Voss, is based on Ludwig Leichhardt, the nineteenth-century German explorer and naturalist who had already conducted several major expeditions into the Australian outback before making an ambitious attempt to cross the entire continent from east to west in 1848. He never returned. White re-imagines his story with visionary intensity. Voss's last journey across the desert and the waterlogged plains of central Australia is a true 'venture ...
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Voss describes an epic journey, both physical and spiritual. The eponymous hero, Johann Voss, is based on Ludwig Leichhardt, the nineteenth-century German explorer and naturalist who had already conducted several major expeditions into the Australian outback before making an ambitious attempt to cross the entire continent from east to west in 1848. He never returned. White re-imagines his story with visionary intensity. Voss's last journey across the desert and the waterlogged plains of central Australia is a true 'venture to the interior'. But Voss is also a love story, for the explorer has become inextricably bound up with Laura Trevellyn, whose inner life, like his own, is at odds with the world. In language poetic and passionate, yet at the same time grounded by shrewd, often comic, social observations and naturalistic portrayals of a wide variety of characters - farmers, convicts, aborigines, the colonial middle class and their servants.
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Add this copy of Voss to cart. $3.72, fair condition, Sold by Dinah Moe's Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Clayton, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1984 by Penguin Group.
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Acceptable. Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $7.23, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Avon Books.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $7.23, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Avon Books.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $7.95, very good condition, Sold by isbnbooks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $8.87, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by VIKING PRESS.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $8.87, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by VIKING PRESS.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $8.99, very good condition, Sold by Blue Awning Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Viking.
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Book: Very Good. 8vo. 442 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Blue boards, blind embossed on front, with qtr light gray cloth, stamped in blue and gold on spine. No dj. Slight wear. No damage or markings noted.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Viking Adult.
Add this copy of Voss to cart. $10.97, like new condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Viking Adult.
