Set in a New South Wales country town, describes life among the unemployed during the Great Depression.
Kylie Tennant Libros
Kylie Tennant fue una autora australiana significativa, celebrada por su estilo social-realista y su profundo compromiso con las vidas de la gente común. Infundió autenticidad en sus narrativas a través de una meticulosa investigación de primera mano, incluso abrazando experiencias poco convencionales para informar su trabajo. Si bien a menudo se la clasifica dentro del realismo social, su escritura profundiza en una mayor complejidad, explorando diversos temas con una perspectiva única.
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 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
Ride on Stranger
- 332 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
The Battlers
- 401 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
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.