George Johnston (1) (1912–1970)
Teoksen My Brother Jack tekijä
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George Johnston (1) has been aliased into George Henry Johnston.
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Tekijän teokset
Works have been aliased into George Henry Johnston.
The darkness outside 5 kappaletta
Meredith Trilogy: "My Brother Jack", "Clean Straw for Nothing", "Cartload of Clay" (1988) 4 kappaletta
The Cyprian Woman 4 kappaletta
Associated Works
Works have been aliased into George Henry Johnston.
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Johnston, George Henry
- Muut nimet
- Martin, Shane
- Syntymäaika
- 1912-07-20
- Kuolinaika
- 1970-07-22
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Australia
- Syntymäpaikka
- Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australië
- Koulutus
- Brighton Technical School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Ammatit
- journalist
war correspondent
author - Suhteet
- Clift, Charmian (wife)
Johnston, Martin (son) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1970)
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Kirja-arvosteluja
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Tilastot
- Teokset
- 15
- Also by
- 2
- Jäseniä
- 774
- Suosituimmuussija
- #32,871
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.9
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 14
- ISBN:t
- 88
- Kielet
- 2
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 3
This book is really a memoir of the author (David Meredith) who just happens to admire his older brother Jack as he is the total opposite of himself. It takes place in Melbourne Australia between the 2 wars. It starts with his parents returning from the 1st World War, when the 2 boys are very young. It gives us a fantastic insight into the impact the War had on peoples lives and how they dealt with it, and how Australian society developed from it, through the roaring twenties and the Depression and into the 2nd World War. Jack is the quintiseential Aussie like his parents and their cohorts while David is quiet, reserved and out of place in that working-class suburban Melbourne world. Yet it is David that grows up to fill a space in society far greater than most people can imagine for themselves while Jack, the lively one, the adaptable one, the one in tune with his environment, never grows out of that environment.
The greatness of this book is its sheer honesty, and the honesty of the author. It portrays an Australian society that is violent, racist and sexist to levels that are embarrassing to admit today. It shows how characters react to what is happening around them and from these pieces build their lives. In this environment characters can be both kind and caring and at the same time rough and self-centred. Jack seems to blend all these elements into a rather balanced personality, but David admits early in the book, he is not a nice person - by the end of the book you have to agree with him.
My Brother Jack is the first of a trilogy which basically is a memoir of the author's life. The other books are Clean Straw for Nothing, and, A Cartload of Clay.… (lisätietoja)