Cockatoos

Introduction by Gail Jones

These six short novels and stories achieve the majesty and power of the best of Patrick White’s great novels. They probe beneath the surface of events – a sexual lapse, the unaccustomed climate of a foreign country, interruptions in a cherished routine, a death, a toothache – to expose a deeper, truer reality.

Introducere de Gail Jones Aceste sase romane si povestiri scurte ating maretia si puterea celor mai bune dintre marile romane ale lui Patrick White. Cerceteaza sub suprafata evenimentelor - o scadere sexuala, climatul neobisnuit al unei tari straine, intreruperi intr-o rutina pretuita, o moarte, o durere de dinti - pentru a expune o realitate mai profunda si mai adevarata.