Columbus' Blindness, and Other Essays

by Cassandra Pybus (Editor)

Passion, complexity and craft enrich this collection of Australia's best essays. Each offers the satisfaction of finely wrought prose while engaging the mind with a precise examination of thought and feeling.
With the sponsorship of North Broken Hill Peko Limited, Cassandra Pybus organised a competition to encourage the writing of the personal essays
Chosen from more than three hundred submissions, these enticing contributions speak of love and loss, of belonging and alienation, of politics and foibles. They are highly intelligent and informed, each with a distinct subjective voice.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Cassandra Pybus is ARC Professorial Fellow in the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania. She is the author of many books including Community of Thieves and The Devil and James McAuley, winner of the 2000 Adelaide Festival Award for non-fiction.