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Issue Details: First known date: 1952... 1952 The Far Country
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'When a young Englishwoman named Jennifer Morton leaves London to visit relatives on their sheep ranch in the Australian outback, she falls in love both with the gloriously beautiful country and with Carl, a Czech refugee who was a doctor in his own land and now works as a lumberjack. They are brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, but their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Vintage International ed.).

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Far Country David Whitaker , ( dir. Eric Tayler ) Australia : ABC Television , 1972 Z1677941 1972 series - publisher film/TV

In the aftermath of World War Two, Czech doctor Carl Zlinter emigrates to Australia's Victorian high country, where he meets and falls in love with Jennifer Morton.

form y separately published work icon The Far Country Peter Yeldham , Seven Network (publisher), ( dir. George T. Miller ) 1987 Melbourne Australia : Crawford Productions Seven Network , 1987 Z1420704 1987 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

In the aftermath of World War II, Czech doctor Carl Zlinter emigrates to Australia's Victorian high country, where he meets and falls in love with Jennifer Morton. The narrative also explores the difficulties faced by 'New Australians' at this time, who were dealing with the war's effects on their lives and families, with leaving their homeland, and with prejudice in their new country. As refugees or displaced persons, many were resettled in Australia according to the needs of the government, and thus had little or no control over where they went. It was extremely difficult for many to work in their chosen professions and to have their qualifications recognised, especially if they had graduated either from universities in countries behind the Iron Curtain or from institutions whose records had been destroyed in bombing raids. As a consequence, many university-educated people had to start their education over again. The series ultimately attempts to celebrate the perseverance of these immigrants in making new, often successful, careers and lives for themselves.

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Into my heart an air that kills' from Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Serialised by: The Australian Women's Weekly 1933 periodical (215 issues)
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Serialised in The Australian Women's Weekly, in 8 weekly instalments, between 30 July and 17 September 1952.
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      Dell ,
      1952 .
      Extent: 320p.
      Reprinted: 1956
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      Heinemann ,
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      Extent: 239p.
      Reprinted: 1964 Heinemann Educational. , 1965 , 1971 , 1977
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Doubleday ,
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      Extent: 256p.
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      Pan ,
      1967 .
      Extent: 335p.
      Reprinted: 1969 , 1972
      ISBN: 033020260X
    • London,
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      Heron ,
      1968 .
      Extent: 307p.
      ISBN: 0900948078
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      Heron Books ,
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      Extent: 307p.
      Note/s:
      • Published by arrangement with William Heinemann. Original illustrations by Michael Jackson.
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    y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice ; Pied Piper ; The Far Country ; The Chequer Board ; No Highway Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann Octopus Publishing Group , 1976 Z1423345 1976 selected work novel London : Heinemann Octopus Publishing Group , 1976 pg. [355]-551
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      Ulverscroft ,
      1976 .
      Extent: 609p.
      ISBN: 08544564519
    • London,
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      Queens House ,
      1977 .
      Extent: 307p.
    • London,
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      Mandarin ,
      1990 .
      Extent: 351p.
      ISBN: 0749303387
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice ; The Far Country ; On the Beach Nevil Shute , London : Peerage Books , 1991 Z1423359 1991 selected work novel London : Peerage Books , 1991
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1991 .
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      Poughkeepsie, New York (State),
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      House of Stratus ,
      2000 .
      Extent: 362p.
      ISBN: 1842322516
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Vintage ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: 300p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 14 September 2010.
      ISBN: 9780307474056
      Series: y separately published work icon Vintage International New York (City) : Vintage , 1993- 19532994 1993 series - publisher novel

      'William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Alice Munro, Thomas Mann, Doris Lessing, Albert Camus, V.S. Naipaul, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Joan Didion, and Cormac McCarthy, among many others: Vintage International is devoted to publishing the best writing of the past century from the world over. Offering both classic and modern fiction and literary nonfiction in elegant editions, Vintage International aims to provide readers with world-class writing that has stood the test of time and essential works by the preeminent authors of today.'

      Source: Vintage.

Other Formats

  • Also braille and sound recording.

Works about this Work

Far cities and silver countries : migration to Australia in fiction and film Roy Jones , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing across Worlds : Literature and Migration 1995; (p. 248-262)
Stirring Times 1952 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 September vol. 73 no. 3787 1952; (p. 2)

— Review of The Far Country Nevil Shute , 1952 single work novel
Stirring Times 1952 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 September vol. 73 no. 3787 1952; (p. 2)

— Review of The Far Country Nevil Shute , 1952 single work novel
Far cities and silver countries : migration to Australia in fiction and film Roy Jones , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing across Worlds : Literature and Migration 1995; (p. 248-262)
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