num_pages: 592
description: Elizabeth Hunter an ex-socialite in her eighties has a mystical experience during a summer storm in Sydney which transforms all her relationships: her existence becomes charged with a meaning which communicates itself to those around her. From this simple scenario Patrick White unfurls a monumental exploration of the tides of love and hate comedy and tragedy impotence and longing that fester within family relationships.
language: English
title: The Eye of the Storm
publisher: Penguin Books