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Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780330372916 ISBN: 0330372912 Label: Picador Manufacturer: Picador Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: July 07, 2000 Publisher: Picador Studio: Picador Editorial Review: Product Description: Snip Freeman is an artist with a passion for running away - from jobs, from friends, from lovers and from family. But the arrival of a cheque gives her new purpose and she advertises for a companion to journey into the Australian outback. "City boy" Dave is the first and only to respond. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - There is no home and no hope of one for a true artistIn spite of all it is not a book about Australia, Sudney, the desert, the Aborigenes and Tasmania. It is not abook about Helen, but Snip and Dave, a mother, a father, a daughter, a lover. Ot is a book about inspiration in art and how you can get plugged on the deepest energies of life only if you take a trip to the unknown, regularly and alone, and that unknown has to be different everytime, be it only to be unknown. It is a book athat has nothing to do with the sex of the heroin. It could have been ... Read More Rating:  - 'Alice Springs' by another name.Fans of Nikki Gemmell who have read 'Alice Springs' should be aware that 'Cleave' is the original title of that novel, as it was released in Australia, Nikki's land of origin. By any name, this is a compelling tale of relationships, particularly that of father and daughter, and coming to terms with each other and an unforgiving landscape. While released as 'Alice Springs' in the US, very little of the story takes place in the Alice, which is a much friendlier and greener place than ... Read More |
