Set in a New South Wales country town, describes life among the unemployed during the Great Depression.
Kylie Tennant Knihy
Kylie Tennantová bola významná austrálska autorka, ktorá sa preslávila svojim sociálne realistickým štýlom a hlbokým záujmom o život obyčajných ľudí. Svojim dielam dodávala autenticitu prostredníctvom dôkladného vlastného výskumu, ktorý zahŕňal aj neobvyklé skúsenosti. Jej romány, hoci spadajú pod sociálny realizmus, sú oveľa komplexnejšie a skúmajú rozmanité témy s jedinečnou perspektívou.
The inner city suburb of Foveaux is known as a place of ill-repute; it's a bit of an embarrassment to the good people of Sydney. But take a closer look, and individuals begin to come into focus out of the murk. Kylie Tennant's second novel is her first exploration of the city. Starting in 1912 and progressing deep into the 1930s, Tennant follows a myriad of storylines and characters.
Time Enough Later
- 255 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Ride on Stranger
- 332 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
The Battlers
- 401 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
The award-winning tale of the motley crowd of travelling 'battlers'. The flowers flared up from the ground unconquerable. The unrepentant gaiety of the weed, the burning blues and crimsons, set the hills glowing. 'It's a plant that's struck it lucky,' the Stray said thoughtfully. 'It hasn't got no right, but it's there.' The Battlers is the story of Snow, a drifter and wanderer, the waiflike Dancy the Stray, from the slums of Sydney, and the other outcasts who accompany them as they travel the country roads looking for work. Like the weed Patterson's Curse, they 'haven't got no right', but they are there. Based on her own experiences of life on the roads in the 1930s, Tennant tells the story of the motley crowd of travellers with compassion and humour. The book's message of survival against the odds is as relevant today as it was then.