Review (PDF) The Blue Plateau: An Australian Pastoral
Located in the Blue Mountains southwest of Sydney, the Blue Plateau is a contrary collection of canyons and creeks, cow paddocks and eucalyptus forests, the first people and ranchers. This book reveals the plateau through its inhabitants: the Gundungurra people who were there first and still remain; the Maxwell family, who tried, but failed, to tame the land; the affable, impoverished, often drunken ranchers and firefighters; and the author himself, a poet trying to insinuate his citified self into a rugged landscape defined by drought, fire, and scarcity. Like the works of Peter Mathiessen, Barry Lopez, and William Least Heat-Moon, The Blue Plateau is a deep examination of place that transcends genre, incorporating poetry, people’s history, ecology, mythology, and memoir to reveal how humanity and nature intertwine to create a home. Elegiac and intimately composed, this vivid portrait of a rugged wilds expands readers’ sense of the place they call home.
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Milkweed Editions; 1 edition (October 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0702237108
ISBN-13: 978-0702237102
ASIN: 1571313206
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.7 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Mark Tredinnnick is one of the world's great poets and prose writers. And this book is one of the best pieces of narrative non-fiction ever written. The Blue Plateau contains a series of stories, reflections and memoirs of life in the Blue Mountains, about 100km west of Sydney. The prose is gorgeous. The descriptions leave you aching. So realistic. So perfectly crafted.This is a picture book without a single photograph.If you love the Mountains, you should buy this book. More than that: this is a book for anyone who loves landscape - loves photographing it, writing about it, or just living life in landscape.
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