· A hauntingly beautiful meditation on the land, the past, exile and friendship, Landscape of Farewell is the powerful new novel from acclaimed Australian author, Alex Miller. It is the story of Max Otto, an elderly German academic/5(13). ‘Alex Miller is a wonderful writer, one that Australia has been keeping secret from the rest of us for too long. Landscape of Farewell is at once elegiac and bracing and, as always, limpidly written.’ – John Banville, author of Man Booker Prize winner The Sea. ‘Landscape of Farewell is a triumph’ - Hilary McPhee, Australian Literary. Alex Miller’s ‘Landscape of Farewell’ is the second in a loose trilogy of novels set in outback Queensland, following ‘Journey to the Stone Country’ and preceding ‘Coal Creek’. The novel opens about as far from the outback you can get, in Hamburg, where a retired German Professor of medieval history, Max Otto, is planning suicide, largely through grief at the recent death of his wife/5(21).
Landscape of Farewell is Alex Miller 's eighth novel. It was first published in and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in End of a life? The story is told from the perspective of an elderly German academic, who is grieving over the death of his beloved wife, but finds new hope for his future in a rather unexpected. 'Alex Miller is a wonderful writer, one that Australia has been keeping secret from the rest of us for too long. Landscape of Farewell is at once elegiac and bracing and, as always, limpidly written.' - John Banville, author of Man Booker Prize winner The Sea. 'Landscape of Farewell is a triumph' - Hilary McPhee, Australian Literary. Landscape of Farewell ebook By Alex Miller. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about Landscape of Farewell is the story of Max Otto, an elderly German academic. After the death of his much-loved wife and.
A hauntingly beautiful meditation on the land, the past, exile and friendship, Landscape of Farewell is the powerful new novel from acclaimed Australian author, Alex Miller. It is the story of Max Otto, an elderly German academic. Landscape of Farewell is a novel by the Australian author Alex Miller. Fiction - paperback; Allen Unwin; pages; Landscape of Farewell is Alex Miller's eighth novel. It was first published in and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in End of a life? The story is told from the perspective of an elderly German academic, who is grieving over the death.
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