How did Patrick White portray the Australian landscape in his work?
The Australian landscape is not merely a backdrop; it is a character, an almost divine force of immense, unyielding indifference. It is the crucible in which the fragile human spirit is tested, stripped bare of its pretensions. This vast, often harsh emptiness mirrors the spiritual aridity I perceive in much of modern existence. It is a place where the superficial layers of civilisation peel away, revealing the raw, often terrifying, truth of human isolation and the desperate search for meaning. Think of the explorers in *Voss*, their ambitions dwarfed by that immense, uncaring continent.
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