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The Vivisector Paperback - 2009
by Patrick White; Introduction by J. M. Coetzee
Hurtle Duffield, a painter, coldly dissects the weaknessesof any and all who enter his circle. His sister's deformity,a grocer's moonlight indiscretion, the passionate illusions of thewomen who love him-all are used as fodder for his art. It is onlywhen Hurtle meets an egocentric adolescent whom he sees as hisspiritual child does he experience a deeper, more treacherousemotion in this tour de force of sexual and psychological menacethat sheds brutally honest light on the creative experience.
Summary
Hurtle Duffield, a painter, coldly dissects the weaknesses of any and all who enter his circle. His sister's deformity, a grocer's moonlight indiscretion, the passionate illusions of the women who love him-all are used as fodder for his art. It is only when Hurtle meets an egocentric adolescent whom he sees as his spiritual child does he experience a deeper, more treacherous emotion in this tour de force of sexual and psychological menace that sheds brutally honest light on the creative experience.
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- Title The Vivisector
- Author Patrick White; Introduction by J. M. Coetzee
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 640
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2009-01-27
- ISBN 9780143105671 / 0143105671
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.5 in (19.56 x 12.95 x 3.81 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Painters
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008028577
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"One of the great magicians of fiction . . . White's scope is vast and his invention endless."
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