The Solid Mandala (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Patrick White
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Psychological symbolism
- Time of Work: Roughly the first sixty years of the twentieth century
- Setting: The fictional town of Sarsaparilla and its suburbs, in Australia
- Principal Characters: Arthur Brown, Waldo Brown, Mrs. Poulter, Dulcie Feinstein
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Communication, Brothers, Old age or elderly people, Retirement, Australia or Australians
- Locales: Sydney, Australia, Sarsaparilla, Australia
The Novel
The action of The Solid Mandala is divided evenly between Arthur and Waldo Brown. The first and last sections of the four-part novel, narrated from an omniscient third-person point of view, describe events before and after the climactic moment in the Brown brothers’ lives. The two middle sections are narrated from each brother’s point of view; both recount in quite different ways the story of their lives up to the fateful climax of their relationship.
Arthur and Waldo Brown, fraternal twins, are born in Australia to parents transplanted from England....
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