The Playmaker - Brossura

Keneally, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340422637 ISBN 13: 9780340422632

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton General Division, 1988

Riassunto

In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. As felons, perjurers and whores rehearse, their playmaker becomes strangely seduced. For the play's power is mirrored in the rich, varied life of this primitive land, and, not least, in the convict and actress, Mary Brenham.

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Recensione:

Formidably good . . . strong, subtle, echoing and profound (The Sunday Times)

A magnificent and moving documentary, a tribute to his roots (Mail on Sunday)

He seizes with stunning effect on an event far more bizarre than any fiction (New Statesman)

An excellent novel (Independent)

The literary joy here has more to do with how individual each characterisation is, each one tuned to another note of Keneally's rich, strong prose (Kirkus Reviews)

This is Mr Keneally at his best (Daily Telegraph)

Punchy, highly intelligent (Financial Times)

Mingles meticulous research with lucid characterisation (Daily Mail)

The best Australian writer alive (Auberon Waugh)

Descrizione del libro:

In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play.

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton General Division
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0340422637
• ISBN 13: 9780340422632
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400