The Long Green Shore - Brossura

Hepworth, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1922147826 ISBN 13: 9781922147820

Casa editrice: Text Pub Co, 2014

Riassunto

In sublime prose, this gripping account follows Australian soldiers fighting the Japanese in New Guinea at the end of World War II. An intimate and moving war story in the vein of All Quiet on the Western Front. Introduced by award-winning New Zealand author Lloyd Jones.

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Recensione

"There have been few great novels of WWII in the Pacific, and this is one of them." Publishers Weekly

The beauty of John Hepworth’s The Long Green Shore is its utter simplicity, no flashes, no frills, no artsy attempts at innovation but, rather, the steady hand of a frighteningly skilled writer certainly one of the great Australian war novels Australians fighting the Japanese in New Guinea at the end of World War II constituted only a tiny corner of the worldwide cataclysm. Yet the characters in John Hepworth’s novel take on symbolic magnitude of the entire destruction.’ Charles Larson, Counterpunch

Product Description

Written in 1947 but not published until 1995, John Hepworth's debut novel is a gripping account of Australian soldiers fighting in New Guinea at the end of World War II. The product of Hepworth's own experience, The Long Green Shore recounts the lives and deaths of a group of soldiers fighting the Japanese in a rain-soaked jungle. In sublime prose, it captures the terror and monotony of war. On its publication, The Long Green Shore received instant critical acclaim and was hailed as a masterpiece of military fiction.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Text Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1922147826
• ISBN 13: 9781922147820
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 183
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile