Thomas Keneally
The Dickens Boy

2021 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In 1868, Charles Dickens dispatches his youngest child, sixteen-year-old Edward, to Australia. Posted to a remote sheep station in New South Wales, Edward discovers th…at his father's fame has reached even there, as has the gossip about his father's scandalous liaison with an actress. Amid colonists, ex-convicts, local tribespeople and a handful of eligible young women, Edward strives to be his own man - and keep secret the fact that he's read none of his father's novels. Conjuring up a life of sheep-droving, horse-racing and cricket tournaments in a community riven with tensions and prejudice, the story of Edward's adventures also affords an intimate portrait of Dickens' himself. This vivacious novel is classic Keneally: historical figures and events re-imagined with verve, humour and compassion. By the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a vibrant novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In 1868, Charles Dickens dispatches his youngest… child, sixteen-year-old Edward, to Australia. Posted to a remote sheep station in New South Wales, Edward discovers that his father's fame has reached even there, as has the gossip about his father's scandalous liaison with an actress. Amid colonists, ex-convicts, local tribespeople and a handful of eligible young women, Edward strives to be his own man - and keep secret the fact that he's read none of his father's novels. Conjuring up a life of sheep-droving, horse-racing and cricket tournaments in a community riven with tensions and prejudice, the story of Edward's adventures also affords an intimate portrait of Dickens' himself. This vivacious novel is classic Keneally: historical figures and events re-imagined with verve, humour and compassion.

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O knize

Stav:	nová
Vazba:	brožovaná
Počet stran:	400
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1529345103
ISBN:	9781529345100
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	31. 3. 2025 18:40
Číslo položky:	1197824

O autorovi

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Michael Keneally je australský prozaik, dramatik a herec. Studoval na St Patrick's College, Strathfield, kde je po něm pojmenovaná literární cena. Vstoupil do semináře ke studiu na katolického kněze, ale vystoupil z něj před svým vysvěcením. Posléze pracoval jako učitel v Sydney, před svým úspěchem romanopisce přednášel na University of England. Jeho pravděpodobně nejznámějším dílem je román Schindlerova archa , která vyhrála Man Booker Prize a stala se námětem k filmu Schindlerův seznam. Je silným zastáncem Australské republiky, ve smyslu přetnutí všech svazků s Britskou monarchií. V roce 1993 publikoval knihu „Naše republika“. Velké množství jeho republikánských esejí se objevilo na internetových stránkách Australského republikánského hnutí.

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