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Perth (Paperback)
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Perth (Paperback)
Series: City series
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... we rarely travel far to swim. We occasionally cross the river
to Leighton or Cottesloe, where the white sand squeaks underfoot
and the champagne foam in the shallows tingles the legs and fizzes
over the shoreline and makes children giddy with delight.
Mid-morning, before the sun passes overhead and shears off the
ocean, the cirrus clouds above the horizon often resemble passages
of perfect cursive script written in soft white lines against the
bluest page. This is the picture of a Perth in harmony with the
stillness and space and silence that is its truest personality, the
only prick of drama being the spotter plane of the shark patrol
crawling over the sky. David Whish-Wilson's Perth - the river, the
coast, the plain and the light - is a place where deeper historical
currents are never far beneath the surface and cannot be ignored.
Like the Swan River that can flow in two directions at once, with
the fresh water flowing seawards above the salty water flowing in
beneath, Perth strikes perfect harmony with the city's
contradictions and eccentricities. Whish-Wilson takes us beyond the
near-constant sunshine, shiny glass facades, and boosterish talk of
mining booms and the gloom after the bust. Lyrical and sensitive,
Whish-Wilson introduces his readers to the richness of the natural
world and the trailblazers, the rebels, the occasional ghost and
the ordinary people that bring Australia's remotest capital city to
life. He reminds us that while the city's boundaries are porous as
people come and go, rates of Indigenous incarceration are high.
Carefully researched and full of personal reminiscences - including
many about fishing - and eye-opening facts, Perth now has a
remarkable new Postscript. Here Whish-Wilson returns to the city's
ghosts - some human, others the ancient jarrah trees, wildflowers
and wild birds that once flourished but no longer. And, as he walks
across the new Matagarup Bridge to watch the footy he reflects on
the city his children will inherit. New edition of a classic with a
new Postscript in which Whish-Wilson returns to the ghosts and
memories of his city and reflects on how much it has changed since
his book was first published in 2013 A beautiful portrait of Perth
that will move outsiders to revisit their preconceptions about the
place and inspire residents to renew their connections Acclaimed
for its poetic writing Author's reputation as a crime writer
growing with four thrillers -all set in Perth - out with Fremantle
since the publication of Perth Will be supported by major media and
publicity campaign
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