Not With A Kiss - Couverture souple

Simons, Kosti

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0648454940 ISBN 13 : 9780648454946

Editeur : Vine and Olive Publishers AUSTRALIA, 2019

Synopsis

Not With a KissA Novela synopsisSet in inner suburban Sydney in the 50s, we meet Ava King at the climax of his life. On the verge of a mental breakdown, he must face events that isolate him from his fellows. Yet through him is expressed a universal theme--that man's spirit remains forever indomitable no matter the adversity.Gradually we see the threads of his life drawn up and woven together. We meet his cold, estranged wife: his son, whose involvement in a tragic killing is both the result and manifestation of a secret guilt gnawing at the father's mind. And we meet the two women who help to resolve the guilt of father and son -- the lover with whom both seek physical escape, and the gentle deaconess who is the embodiment of Christian love.Sydney in the 50s is lovingly described, and “Mr Eternity” plays a small part in the plot, but essentially it is the story of a man who journeys from being a Rat in Tobruk to being a new man in Newtown.Originally self-published in 1962, this novel was well reviewed in all the major newspapers Australia-wide, and contemporary literary critic P.R. “Inky” Stephensen wrote of it: "Kosti Simons is the first Australian novelist to compare in style and power with Hemingway and Faulkner." It also featured on an ABC Four Corners program with Michael Charlton.The author, after this length of time, has revised and re-worked the entire novel, not to bring it up to date, but simply to draw on a lifetime of writing experience to make it better. Critical appraisals.Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) …richly poetic… terse Australian humour… fine insights… considerable strength.Fellowship of Australian Writers (Sydney) President Water Stone:…characters never falter… action well sustained… dialogue real.Sunday Mirror (Sydney) Mr Simon’s, 28, strode firmly onto the Sydney literary scene this week with an interesting novel he has published himself, ‘Not With a Kiss.’Queensland Times (Ipswich) ‘Not With a Kiss’ is not a namby-pamby, sugar-sweet novel full of love and kisses, but calls a spade a spade. It is spiced with crisp, sparkling character sketches that suggest a keen analytical mind, as well as better-than-average ability as a storyteller.The Sun-Herald (Sydney) It deals with life in the inner suburbs of Sydney and in particular, with the spiritual pilgrimage of the despatch-manager of an ice-cream factory. Mr Simon’s writes lovingly of Sydney…The Age (Melbourne) … it is therefore a pleasant surprise that the book is not at all bad, indeed very impressive in some of its passages.The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) Some day (only time will tell: but it could tell soon), we may have a novelist of signal importance here. In the meantime, we certainly have a novelist of forceful originality - and publishing courage. It is a fine piece of character building.Colonel Sheppard, Sheppard’s Bookshop, Sydney.Tautly written… Recommend strongly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vine and Olive Publishers AUSTRALIA
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0648454940
• ISBN 13: 9780648454946
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
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