Download or read book The Plains written by Gerald Murnane and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This haunting novel is a classic of Australian literature. A nameless young man arrives on the plains and begins to document the strange and rich culture of the plains families. As his story unfolds, the novel becomes, in the words of Murray Bail: a mirage of landscape, memory, love and literature itself.