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Ladataan... Just Gerry (1920)Tekijä: Christine Chaundler
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Christine Chaundler (5 September 1887 - 15 December 1972 ) was a British children's author, who also wrote under the name "Peter Martin". 1n 1912 Chaundler won a poetry contest, and so her first work was published. She was a prolific author of children's novels, for boys under her "Peter Martin" pen-name, and for girls under her own name. She also wrote many short stories for magazines. By the late forties the market for these types of children's books had changed and Chaundler switched to reviewing books. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Although I found Just Gerry to be an immensely engaging book, in many ways - it drew me right in, and kept me reading: so engrossed that I finished the book in one sitting - there is simply no denying that it is also a distasteful little period piece, full of nationalistic zeal (perhaps not surprising, given that this was published in 1920, between the two World Wars), and a particularly vicious kind of bullying and group culture. It was really very difficult to read of poor Gerry's travails, and not think of similar stories I have heard (or witnessed), that ended very sadly indeed. Of course there is a nominally 'happy' ending here (resting upon some supremely unlikely heroics), but it comes rather late in the story, and in no way compensates for all the ugliness that preceded it. It also rests on the conclusive demonstration of the fact that Gerry is not German, rather than on any recognition of the idea that persecuting someone for nationalistic reasons is both idiotic and ethically repugnant.**
I really struggled, when it came to rating this one, between two and three stars, only settling on three because the narrative did keep me so involved. I've read a number of school stories which, despite some dated elements, I would not hesitate to give to contemporary youngsters, but I don't think this would be amongst them. Unless as a history lesson, perhaps...
**I should note that, in addition to the almost ubiquitous anti-German sentiment throughout, which is used as an excuse to gang up on Gerry, there is also an anti-Semitic aside, in one of the scenes. ( )