Kylie Tennant (1912–1988)
Autor von The Battlers
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(eng) born Kathleen Tennant, married name Rodd.
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Tennant, Kathleen Kylie
- Geburtstag
- 1912-03-12
- Todestag
- 1988-02-28
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Australia
- Geburtsort
- Manly, New South Wales, Australia
- Sterbeort
- Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
- Wohnorte
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Ausbildung
- Brighton College
University of Sydney - Berufe
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- Order of Australia (Officer, 1980)
- Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- born Kathleen Tennant, married name Rodd.
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All of which is to say that The Battlers, while not a perfect novel, is compelling Australian fiction that must have been truly powerful in its day. Contrasting the lives of down-on-their-luck, itinerant Australian folk, Tennant weaves a tale of mateship, possible romance, hope, and humility. I remember this from a considerably romanticised adaptation by the ABC in the '90s with Gary Sweet and Jacqueline McKenzie. The book is rougher - aside from a few specks of mud on occasion, neither Gary nor Jacqueline ever look worn down by the road!
On literary merit, I'd give this 3 stars. But the weight of history, and its oft-neglected place in the canon, bump this up to a 4 for me.… (mehr)