Collection
Status
Available
Publication
Currey O'Neil (1981)
Description
An Australian classic, first published in 1903. Described by its author as of 'temper democratic; bias, offensively Australian', Such is Life gives an illuminating portrait of humanity and of Australia.
Awards
Australia's Greatest Books (1903)
Original publication date
1903
ISBN
0855505680 / 9780855505684
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Reviewing specifically the Annotated Such is Life, a remarkable rendering of an increasingly difficult Australian "classic". Furphy's book has a complex production history (two long chapters, cut during editing, would be extended into two additional novels which operate as adjuncts to this one),
A scintillating piece of scholarship.
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presents social and cultural challenges to the lay 21st century reader with its in-depth knowledge of bush customs of the time, and profits from Furphy's dense, layered cultural references which invite not entirely unreasonable comparisons to Ulysses. The first chapter is, unfortunately for readers, the most difficult, and this volume provides a handy two-page summary (in the appendix) to assist in interpretation.A scintillating piece of scholarship.
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