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The Vivisector

By: Patrick White
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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Winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize, The Vivisector chronicles the life of egotistic painter Hurtle Duffield, exploring the relationship between art and the artist.

Hurtle Duffield, a painter, is incapable of loving anything except what he paints. The men and women who court him during his long life are, above all, the victims of his art. He is the vivisector, dissecting their weaknesses with cruel precision: his sister's deformity, a grocer's moonlight indiscretion and the passionate illusions of his mistress, Hero Pavloussi.

It is only when Hurtle meets an egocentric adolescent whom he sees as his spiritual child does he experience a deeper, more treacherous emotion in this tour de force of sexual and psychological menace that sheds brutally honest light on the creative experience.
©1970 Patrick White (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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A wonderful story and what a fantastic writer. This man's life from a little child is gripping, funny and totally draws you in. I absolutely loved it. The narrator is one of the best I have ever listened to :)

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This marvelous

This powerful book, written by Nobel prize winning author of 1973, covers the long life of a visionary painter, the vivisector. He sees the inside of people and paints what he sees. The inner and outer landscapes combine in this magnificent novel with devastating effect. Some find the vivisector cruel because brutally honest. Not to be missed!

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