The Solid Mandala
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The Solid Mandala, the seventh published novel by Australian author Patrick White, Nobel Prize winner of 1973, first published in 1966. It details the story of two brothers, Waldo and Arthur Brown, with a focus on the facets of their symbiotic relationship. It is set in the White's fictional suburb of Sarsaparilla, a setting he often employed in his other books, such as with Riders in the Chariot. The book is typical of White's writing style, and is slow paced, with little considerable action, instead focusing upon the inner turmoils of the aforementioned characters.
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- Dedication: "For Gwen and David Moore".
- Epigraph:
- 'There is another world, but it is in this one.' – Paul Eluard
- 'It is not outside, it is inside: wholly within.' – Meister Eckhart
- '...yet still I long for my twin in the sun...' – Patrick Anderson
- 'It was an old and rather poor church, many of the ikons were without settings, but such churches are the best for praying in.' – Dostoevsky
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