{"product_id":"invisible-yet-enduring-lilacs-paperback","title":"Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Murnane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before published in the United States, Gerald Murnane's classic collection of literary and personal essays, \u003ci\u003eInvisible Yet Enduring Lilacs\u003c\/i\u003e, is the perfect introduction to, and gazetteer for, the imaginary worlds created by one of the greatest living writers working in English today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurnane writes of himself as a boy making racehorses of his marbles, a pastime and obsession shared with Jack Kerouac; as a writer, working his first ten years in secret; as a reader, trying to understand the mystery of writing a good sentence by way of Virginia Woolf and Robert Frost; and as a teacher, exploring the endless ways in which words can express the contours of our thoughts. From these and other vantage points, Murnane peers into the hidden landscapes that lie within, or just beyond, the everyday details of Australian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrying the reader with him across the valleys, plains, and grasslands of his mind, Murnane here gives us a guided tour through an immersive landscape in which every word has its own space, shape and weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald Murnane is the award-winning author of such acclaimed works of fiction as \u003ci\u003eBorder Districts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarley Patch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Plains\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003eSomething for the Pain\u003c\/i\u003e. Murnane lives in the remote village of Goroke in the northwest of Victoria, near the border with South Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767212146976,"sku":"9781911508663","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e3c5b42ce1c86e233c60ee575be2baa2.webp?v=1780306729","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/invisible-yet-enduring-lilacs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}