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About This Novel
"The Man Tree" is the famous and representative work of Australian Nobel Prize winner Patrick White, known as "Australia's Creation". Through a detailed description of the lives of two generations of the Parker family, the novel shows the living conditions and mental outlook of the Australian pioneers, and conducts a profound discussion of human nature, interpersonal relationships and personal beliefs. Finally, in a jungle between heaven and earth that has never been reached by human footprints, a man came - Stan Parker. He cut down trees to build a shed, created a clearing, and went out to bring back a woman-Amy-to be his wife. They pioneered a business, had children, fell in love and were alienated. The lives of the Parker family-the stubborn and silent husband Stan, the fantasy wife Amy, the violent and unruly son Ray, the motivated and vain daughter Thelma-slowly unfolded in floods, fires, wars, alienation, betrayal, loneliness, death... Finally, the man found God in a mouthful of spit that he spat on the ground before he died. The wasteland he first reclaimed has become a suburb of Sydney. But at the end of the day, there are still trees out there. A teenager, the grandson of Stan and Amy, walks into the jungle to write a poem about life. "At the end of the day, there's no end."
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