By the Line - Brossura

Keneally, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340562315 ISBN 13: 9780340562314

Casa editrice: Sceptre, 1995

Riassunto

Schoolboy narrator Daniel Jordan, growing up in working-class Sydney during the Second World War, is confused by a world in which the religious dogma of his school conflicts with the communism of his family's terrifying neighbour, the 'Comrade'. Refreshingly unsentimental, this is the funny, ultimately tragic story of a boy struggling to understand a world in which concepts like innocence and guilt, good and evil are clearly open to interpretation.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

A subtle examination of innocence and guilt (Observer)

Reflects on indoctrination and the holy innocence of its victims, while suffusing everyday life with a spirituality of its own (Scotsman)

If you are inclined to avoid anything written by winners of the Booker Prize, make an exception for Thomas Keneally (Literary Review)

Reading Keneally's prose is like walking on the sort of turf that puts a spring in your step (Listener)

Descrizione del libro:

'A subtle examination of innocence and guilt' (Observer).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sceptre
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0340562315
• ISBN 13: 9780340562314
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 144