by Murray Bail · El Aleph Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476693278
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«Los eucaliptos» is the novel by Murray Bail published by El Aleph Editores in 2000, in paperback (240 pages, in Spanish).
A widowed Australian landowner lives fascinated by his collection of eucalyptus trees and by the beauty of his only daughter. When she reaches marriageable age, the father offers her hand to the man able to identify every species on his estate, and suitors fail one after another. The young woman, meanwhile, falls in love with a mysterious stranger who captivates her with tales of distant lands inspired by the trees. A novel with a slow, intimate style that weaves together love, nature, and symbolism.
Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, translated from English by Pablo Álvarez Ellacuría. Belongs to the Modernos y Clásicos collection, number 73.
For readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate love stories with a naturalistic and symbolic backdrop, and for followers of Murray Bail.
Murray Bail is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel Homesickness.
