Tuesday 17 April 2012

A-Z ... OSCAR AND LUCINDA





In the A-Z this year, I've been featuring books from my "to read" list on GoodReads which I really want to read. Sometimes it's been hard to pick just one, and in hindsight I could've done honourable mentions, but oh well, moving on! Today we're posting for the letter "O", and the book I've chosen is...





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Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey

Peter Carey's Booker Prize winning novel imagines Australia's youth, before its dynamic passions became dangerous habits. It is also a startling and unusual love story. Oscar is a young English clergyman who has broken with his past and developed a disturbing talent for gambling. A country girl of singular ambition, Lucinda moves to Sydney, driven by dreams of self-reliance and the building of an industrial Utopia. Together this unlikely pair create and are created by the spectacle of mid-nineteenth century Australia. Peter Carey's visionary brilliance, and his capacity to delight and surprise, propel this story to its stunning conclusion.


Why do I want to read it? Another classic, this time Australian, and one I've heard about for years but have never read (or seen, that I can recall).

12 comments:

  1. So sorry I haven't stopped by before now. This month ain't half busy! Looking down your list, I haven't read any of them either, so I might nab some for my TBR list!

    Hope you're having a great month :-)

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  2. I haven't heard of this book. I'll have to check it out :)

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  3. I haven't heard of this book but it sounds interesting.

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  4. I haven't heard of it either. Thanks for the recommend. Nice A-Z entry :) I like your take on the challenge.

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  5. Sounds interesting. I can't remember when I last read a historical Australian novel. Thanks for the tip!

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  6. It's Australian? Cool. Even better.

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  7. You know, we don't hear about classics from other countries much in America. Odd no?

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  8. That one was completely off my radar. Now there's a blip! :)

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  9. Cool, I didn't know about this Australian classic.

    Nice to meet you.
    Teresa

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  10. I'm intrigued by the blurb! I've never read a novel set in Australia, 1800s.


    The Golden Eagle
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  11. The blurb is intriguing.

    .......dhole

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  12. I don't know this book, but it sound fantastic. Will add it to my mile long list. :)

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