In the warm alkaline waters of the public bath a headstrong young engineer accidentally collides with a beautiful actress. From this innocent collision of flesh begins a passion that takes them from the Wiltshire Downs to the most elemental choices of life and death in the Australian desert. Their intense romance is but part of the daring story that unfolds. Mingling history, myth and technology with a modern cinematic and poetic imagination, Robert Drewe presents a fable of European ambitions in an alien landscape, and a magnificently sustained metaphor of water as the life-and-death force.
By:
Robert Drewe Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 326g ISBN:9780141008028 ISBN 10: 0141008024 Publication Date:03 September 2001 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
