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"The Flaw in the Mirror" Author: [Australia] Patrick White Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
"The Flaw in the Mirror" Author: [Australia] Patrick White Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
▶Autobiography of Patrick White, Australia's first Nobel Prize winner in literature
▶From a frail and lonely teenager to a literary giant
▶He created a new world of literature just to calm the storm in his heart
▶Not afraid of worldly prejudices, telling the true self hidden for a lifetime
▶A unique, sincere and candid "self-portrait" by a talented writer
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【Content Introduction】
Patrick White is the first Australian Nobel Prize winner in literature. Born in London, England in 1912, White studied in Australia and England. He suffered from asthma since childhood, was withdrawn, and was obsessed with literature and art. He traveled between Australia and Europe throughout his life.
After the outbreak of World War II, White enlisted in the army and went to the battlefield in North Africa. White was well-informed, had a wide range of friends, and his life spanned the entire 20th century, making him a witness of an era.
The Flaw in the Mirror is his long literary autobiography, published in 1981. In the book, White recalls his teenage years from birth to wandering in a foreign land and seeking identity, and records his continuous thinking and exploration of writing and art; after the war, he and his partner Manuele returned to Greece to travel, trying to find a spiritual home in history; after years of seclusion, White began to actively participate in Australian political and cultural activities in his later years, and gave a sharp criticism of all aspects of contemporary civilization.
In this autobiography, White analyzes himself without reservation, and his writing is sometimes poetic and lyrical, sometimes restrained and introspective, and sometimes humorous and sarcastic. In his own way, he describes and disassembles Australia and the world, and re-embeds them in the map of his own mind.
About the Author
Patrick White (1912-1990)
Australian novelist and playwright, one of the most important English-language writers of the 20th century. In 1973, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for "his narrative art, which combined epic style and psychological description, introduced a new continent into the literary map."
White was born in London, England, and returned to Sydney, Australia with his parents when he was less than one year old. He suffered from asthma since childhood and lived alone. He spent his childhood on a farm in Australia. In 1932, he entered King's College, Cambridge University to study French and German literature. During his studies, he published his first collection of poems, The Peasant and Other Poems.
White was a prolific writer throughout his life, publishing 12 novels, including The Man-Tree (1955), Explorer Voss (1957), The Charioteer (1961), Eye of the Storm (1973), and Skirt of Leaves (1976), three collections of short stories, eight plays, as well as many poems, autobiographies, and unpublished works.
White's works are delicate and poetic, and he is good at switching freely between stream of consciousness and narrative, with a very high artistic level. White refused numerous literary awards throughout his life and rarely accepted media interviews. He died of illness in his Sydney apartment in 1990.
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