Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait

by Patrick White

Book Overview

In this remarkable self-portrait Patrick White explains how on the very rare occasions when he re-reads a passage from one of his books, he recognises very little of the self he knows. This 'unknown'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140062939
• ISBN13: 9780140062939
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

White on White

If you like Patrick White's novels, you will like this autobiographical sketch. His writing here has the same jewel-like clarity and stunning depth. He is by turns sardonic, austere, self-deprecating to the point of self-bashing, and a wonderful raconteur. The part about meeting Queen Elizabeth is particularly amusing. As always, White creates a world inside your mind, with as much color and life as your own thoughts.