The Pure Land
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The Pure Land is a novel written by David Foster
. The novel was published in 1974, and was Foster’s first. It was the winner of the first The Age Book of the Year
award.
It is divided into four parts. Part One is set in 1930s Katoomba, New South Wales
where the middle-aged landscape photographer Albert Manwaring travels to America with his daughter. Part Two, during the 1960s, focuses on Manwaring's daughter, Jean (or Janet) living in America and discusses originality of art, especially Australian, European and American art. In Part Three, in 1970, Janet's son, Danny, becomes a scientist and intellectual, Albert Manwaring’s antithesis. In Part Four Danny intends to move to Australia, where his family is originally from, and ends up in Katoomba.
David Foster (novelist)
David Manning Foster is an Australian novelist. He is one of the most adventurous writers of his generation, publishing a range of satires and considerations of the decline of Western civilization...
. The novel was published in 1974, and was Foster’s first. It was the winner of the first The Age Book of the Year
The Age Book of the Year
The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
award.
It is divided into four parts. Part One is set in 1930s Katoomba, New South Wales
Katoomba, New South Wales
Katoomba is the chief town of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia and the administrative headquarters of Blue Mountains City Council. It is on the Great Western Highway 110 kilometres west of Sydney and 39 kilometres south-east of Lithgow. Katoomba railway station is on the...
where the middle-aged landscape photographer Albert Manwaring travels to America with his daughter. Part Two, during the 1960s, focuses on Manwaring's daughter, Jean (or Janet) living in America and discusses originality of art, especially Australian, European and American art. In Part Three, in 1970, Janet's son, Danny, becomes a scientist and intellectual, Albert Manwaring’s antithesis. In Part Four Danny intends to move to Australia, where his family is originally from, and ends up in Katoomba.