Murray Bail is an Australian author celebrated for his novels, short stories, and non-fiction. His literary contributions delve into the nuances of Australian identity and landscape, employing a distinctive narrative voice and keen observation. Bail's writing is characterized by its precise prose and his ability to distill complex themes into resonant explorations of culture and human experience. He offers readers a unique lens through which to understand the Australian condition.
On a property in New South Wales, a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. As years pass and Ellen grows into a beautiful young woman, her father announces his decision: she will marry the first man who can name all the species of the eucalypt, down to the last tree.
Thirteen men and women on a package tour find unexpected adventures in their travels around the world
Frank Delage, piano manufacturer from Sydney, travels to Vienna, a city immersed in music, to present the Delage concert grand. He hopes to impress with its technical precision, its improvement on the old pianos of Europe. How could he not know his piano is all wrong for Vienna? Perhaps he should have tried Berlin. But a chance meeting with Amalia von Schalla brings new possibilities for Delage - connections, her daughter Elisabeth, and an avant garde composer. Now travelling home, on a container ship, with Elisabeth, the real story is about to begin. The Voyage is a masterly novel by a great writer at the peak of his powers.