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The Lovers (West Novel)
''The Lovers'' (1993) is a novel by Australian writer Morris West. It was originally published by Heinemann in England in 1993. Synopsis Bryan de Courcy Cavanagh is an Australian of Irish descent who joins the crew of the yacht Salamandra D'oro, as navigator and pseudo-first officer. The yacht is owned by American millionaire Lou Molloy, who is travelling with his fiancée Giulia Farnese and her father. Cavanagh has an affair with Giulia but it is destined to go nowhere as she is determined to marry Molloy to please her father. Forty years later, back home in Australia, Cavanagh receives a message from Giulia telling him that Molloy is dead and that she needs his help with a legal matter. Critical reception Leonard Ward, writing in ''The Canberra Times'', observed: "It is hardly necessary to state that he is one of Australia's most distinguished and succcssful writers. His prose is elegant and sometimes downright lyrical and his plots always logical and usually a credible refle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris West
Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), '' The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1963) and ''The Clowns of God'' (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies. West's works were often focused on international politics and the role of the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs. In ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' he described the election and career of a Slav as Pope, 15 years before the historic election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II. The sequel, ''The Clowns of God'', described a successor Pope who resigned the papacy to live in seclusion, 32 years before the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013. Early life West was born in St Kilda, Victoria, the son of a commercial salesman. Due to the large size of his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinemann (publisher)
William Heinemann Ltd., with the imprint Heinemann, was a London publisher founded in 1890 by William Heinemann. Their first published book, 1890's ''The Bondman'', was a huge success in the United Kingdom and launched the company. He was joined in 1893 by Sydney Pawling. Heinemann died in 1920 and Pawling sold the company to Doubleday, having worked with them in the past to publish their works in the United States. Pawling died in 1922 and new management took over. Doubleday sold his interest in 1933. Through the 1920s, the company was well known for publishing works by famous authors that had previously been published as serials. Among these were works by H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, George Moore, Max Beerbohm, and Henry James, among others. This attracted new authors to publish their first editions with the company, including Graham Greene, Edward Upward, J.B. Priestley and Vita Sackville-West. Throughout, the company was also known for its class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ringmaster (West Novel)
''The Ringmaster'' (1991) is a novel by Australian writer Morris West. It was originally published by Heinemann in England in 1991. Synopsis The novel is set in 1990 after the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq but before the onset of the first Gulf War. It is a tale of intrigue and moral dilemmas set against the backdrop of the impending economic and political collapse of the Soviet Union. An Australian, Gil Langton, is called upon to mediate talks in Bangkok between Germany and Japan who are attempting to take over the complete infrastructure of the Soviet Union to prevent starvation and a mass exodus of the Russian people into Western Europe. Critical reception Colin Steele, writing in ''The Canberra Times'' observed: "The involvement of both international criminal and intelligence elements remind us of the seamier but omnipresent side of multinational politics. West's understandings of various national cultures are clearly but evocatively depicted. The denouement in Bangkok blend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanishing Point (West Novel)
''Vanishing Point'' (1996) is a novel by Australian writer Morris West. It was originally published by HarperCollins in England in 1993. Synopsis When the son-in-law of New York banker Emil Strassberger goes missing after completing a major financial coup for the bank, Strassberger seeks out his son Carl, an artist who has turned his back on the banking world, to find out what has happened. Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Australian Jewish News'' was not impressed with the book: "I have read all of Morris West’s novels and his combination of sheer readability with a respect for the English language mark him as a born storyteller who is never facile or superficial. But I have to say that ''Vanishing Point'' is not one of his better books. It's flawed because it doesn’t deliver the tense finale that the greater part of the plot leads one to expect." In her literary study of West and his work, Maryanne Confoy noted: "The primary way in which West chose to say sorry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an Australian subsidiary in 1976. In 1990, Allen & Unwin was sold to HarperCollins and the Australian branch was the subject of a management buy-out. George Allen & Unwin in the UK George Allen & Sons was established in 1871 by George Allen, with the backing of John Ruskin, becoming George Allen & Co. Ltd. in 1911 and then George Allen & Unwin in 1914 as a result of Stanley Unwin's purchase of a controlling interest. Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and nephew Philip helped run the company, which published the works of Bertrand Russell, Arthur Waley, Roald Dahl, Lancelot Hogben, and Thor Heyerdahl. It became well known as J. R. R. Tolkien's publisher, some time after publishing the popular children's fantasy novel '' The Hobbit'' in 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1993. Events * Alex Miller (writer) won the Miles Franklin Award for ''The Ancestor Game'' Major publications Novels * Bryce Courtenay — ''April Fool's Day'' * Rodney Hall — ''The Grisly Wife'' * Dorothy Hewett — ''The Toucher'' * Elizabeth Jolley — '' The Georges' Wife'' * David Malouf — '' Remembering Babylon'' * Roger McDonald — '' Water Man'' * Frank Moorhouse — ''Grand Days'' * Madeleine St John — ''The Women in Black'' * Morris West — ''The Lovers'' Children's and young adult fiction * Isobelle Carmody — '' The Gathering'' * Carmel Charles — ''Winin: Why the Emu Cannot Fly'' * Morris Gleitzman — ''Sticky Beak'' * John Marsden — ''Tomorrow, When the War Began'' * Dorothy Porter — ''The Witch Number'' Poetry * Robert Gray — ''Certain Things'' * Barry Hill — ''Ghosting William Buckley'' * Philip Hodgins — ''The End of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Australian Novels
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 200 Dissolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
