'Such is life,' said Ned Kelly on the scaffold, kindly providing a title for this 'offensively Australian' classic: the splendidly farcical, tragical reminiscences of Tom Collins, philosopher and rogue.As he drives his bullock team across the plains of the Riverina and Northern Victoria, Tom becomes wildly entangled in the fate of others - like Rory O'Halloran, the two Alfs (Nosey and Warrigal), Mrs Beaudesart and Hungry Buckley of Baroona - recreating the humour, the pathos and the irony he knew as part of life in the bush ...
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'Such is life,' said Ned Kelly on the scaffold, kindly providing a title for this 'offensively Australian' classic: the splendidly farcical, tragical reminiscences of Tom Collins, philosopher and rogue.As he drives his bullock team across the plains of the Riverina and Northern Victoria, Tom becomes wildly entangled in the fate of others - like Rory O'Halloran, the two Alfs (Nosey and Warrigal), Mrs Beaudesart and Hungry Buckley of Baroona - recreating the humour, the pathos and the irony he knew as part of life in the bush. This is the tough-talking, law-dodging world of the 1880s, where swagmen and bullockies sleep out under the stars with 'grandeur, peace and purity above; squalor, worry and profanity below'.These inspired yarns are woven into one of the greatest books of Australian literature, combining a genius for story-telling with a wry wit and a deep feeling for the harsh sun-baked land and the people who worked it.
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Add this copy of Such is Life to cart. $12.00, good condition, Sold by Christian Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Inman, SC, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Chicago Press.
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Very Good. 8vo. vii, 371pp, bw frontis. Or brown faux-leather with gilt decoration, bookmark ribbon, top edge gilt. Fore-edge slightly bug marked. Reprint of the 1905 Australian Classic.
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Add this copy of Such is Life. [the Collector's Library of Australia's to cart. $18.30, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1987 by Times House.
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Very Good. 8vo. vii, 371pp. Or red faux-leather decorated and titled in gold, top edge gilt. Some foxing to page edges. This classic of Australian literature first appeared 1903 in The Bulletin. Unabridged printing.
Add this copy of Such is Life to cart. $19.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Scrolls Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stanley, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by University of Chicago Press.
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Very Good+ in Good jacket. Book Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948. First Edition. Very Good+/Good. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to top edge of front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean red top-stained page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 394 pgs. Dustjacket is lightly soiled, not price clipped, with chips and scrapes. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An engaging tale about the people who lived on the rugged Australian ranges and deserts in the 1880's. 8vo. Fiction.
