The Plains Osamu Dazai Zhadan employs both prose and

Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address the disillusionment

revelling in the bright lights of Dublin

he had an eagle-eye for distinguishing the pre-packaged imitation from the real thing

Stanley Kwan

ergonomically positioned power switch

The Plains Osamu Dazai Zhadan employs both prose andThere is no book in Australian writing like Gerald Murnane's The Plains. Twenty years ago, when I first arrived on the plains, I kept my eyes open. I looked for anything in the landscape that seemed to hint at some elaborate meaning behind appearances. This is the story of the families of the plains obsessed with their land and history, their culture and mythology and of the man who ventured into their world.