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Lädt ... The Book of Famevon Lloyd Jones
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. In August 1905, the All Blacks went to the United Kingdom to play rugby. This book is Lloyd Jones’ fictional account of that tour. If you’re a New Zealander who isn’t a rugby fan, fear not – neither am I and I really liked this book. He makes rugby beautiful and poetic. Anyway, there is surprisingly little direct commentary on rugby things, and when there is, it’s exciting. It’s much more about the reception the All Blacks got when they started walloping every team they played for the first 30 or so games, becoming celebrities, and being in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales at a time when New Zealand’s ties to those places was so strong but very few New Zealanders got the chance to go back there. The writing style is sparse and it’s written from the point of view of the whole team. I loved the style. I would have liked more character development and a bit more about what happened once they came home. Here are a couple of excerpts to give you an idea of the style. (It was hard to pick – there are lots of good bits!) “There are other moments that need to be acknowledged, spoken of, catalogued. Moments that simply occupy time between conquests. The walk along the chalk cliffs he snare of history in the whitish air No one talking, and because of it quite naturally our thoughts turning to Vikings. Or at Scarborough, the striped deckchairs the ferris wheel the buttoned-up English Tyler’s throwing a dart and winning a stuffed rabbit and us throwing it round a bit until Jimmy Duncan scratched his chin and thought he’d mention an error he’d seen creep into our play.” Recommended if you… are a rugby-lover, interested in how New Zealanders’ sense of identity has developed, or like poetry in your novels. I will be moving Jones’ other books up Mt TBR. (3 1/2 stars, nearly 4.) Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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This novel is based on the 1905 New Zealand rugby tour of Britain, when the All Blacks achieved unheard of success in thirty-three of their matches, losing only one against Wales. In the country they call 'Home', these unassuming Kiwi men achieve massive public acclaim and become heroes. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This series of tests had a jam-packed schedule, I suppose in part because the UK is a long way away by boat from NZ, so they hoped to capitalise on the tour. The All Blacks played a lot of matches, and by all accounts absolutely trounced the opponents. Something like 976 points were scored by the Kiwi team, and only 59 points were scored against them. They championed a new way of playing rugby, seeing not the players on the opposite team as much as the spaces between them. But this book is more than sport stats, it is about the "boys", their travels, them coping with the burdens of fame, and of life on the road. It really evokes the archetypal kiwi male, and lightens up a time and a place in a special way. ( )