The Eye of the Storm

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The Eye of the Storm is the ninth published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. It tells the story of Elizabeth Hunter, the powerful matriarch of her family, who still maintains a destructive iron grip on those who come to farewell her in her final moments upon her deathbed. It is regarded as one of White's best novels, largely owing to the reputation it received from the Swedish Academy when they specifically named it as the book that confirmed White's designation as a Literature Laureate.^[1]

[edit] External links

• Excerpts from the novel at the ABC's "Why Bother With Patrick White?" archive.
• Synopsis and interpretation by Alan Lawson at the ABC's "Why Bother With Patrick White?" archive.

[edit] References

1. ^ Lundkvist, Artur. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973: Presentation Speech. Nobel Lectures, Literature: 1968-1980. Eds. Tore Frängsmyr and Sture Allén. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company.