The Young Desire It / Kenneth Mackenzie ; introduced by David Malouf
- Bib ID:
- 8051601
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mackenzie, Kenneth, 1913-1955, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2013
- ©1937
- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- File Characteristics:
- text file EPUB 700KB
- ISBN:
- 9781922148544 (EPUB : :)
- Series:
- Text Classics.
- Summary:
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A masterful and vivid portrayal of a young boy's awakening to true love in the sensual landscape of Western Australia. Winner of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 1937. Fifteen-year-old Charles Fox is sent away to boarding school, innocent, alone and afraid. There one of his masters develops an intense attachment to him. But when Charles meets Margaret, a girl staying at a nearby farm for the holidays, he is besotted, and a passionate, unforgettable romance begins. Published in London in 1937 to wide acclaim, The Young Desire It is a stunning debut novel about coming of age: an intimate and lyrical account of first love, and a rich evocation of rural Western Australia. This edition includes a new introduction by David Malouf. Kenneth Mackenzie was born in 1913 in South Perth. His parents divorced in 1919, and thereafter he lived with his mother and maternal grandfather. Unhappy years boarding at Guildford Grammar School were the basis for his highly acclaimed first novel, The Young Desire It, which was published in London in 1937.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: A perilous tension / David Malouf
- The young desire it.
- Notes:
- General.
- Awards:
- Winner, Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 1937.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Fiction
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- Copyright Information:
- Introduction copyright ©David Malouf 2013
- Copyright:
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- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1937
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