A Coral Eden - Couverture souple

Wenz, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1922473839 ISBN 13 : 9781922473837

Editeur : ETT Imprint, 2021

Synopsis

First published in French in 1929, this novel is set in Sydney in 1910, before the couple leave the city for the tranquil life on a deserted island on the north Queensland coast. Their idyllic life - man, woman and dog Wolf - is interrupted by the arrival of an escaped convict, with some tragic repercussions.

Translated and introduced by Maurice Blackman, we see "a lively, bustling depiction of a modern Sydney that is definitely part of the wider modern world, with all its flaws and advantages. In one chapter, there is even a comparison between the liveliness of Sydney and the dreary stuffiness of London. The two central figures in the novel are young, vital urbanites, rather than stock outback characters, who try to live out an idealistic escape into a tropical paradise. Even if their ideals end up being crushed, the initial impetus of the story is forward-looking and full of enthusiasm... A Coral Eden can be seen as a glimpse into the future prospects of the new nation, even if there may be setbacks on the way, rather than a cosy remembrance of things past."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul Wenz was born in 1869 into a wealthy French wool-buying family. He first visited Australia in 1892 and decided to settle in New South Wales in 1898. He married an Australian, Harriet Dunne, and took up a large property on the Lachlan River between Forbes and Cowra. Before the First World he published a number of short stories written in French and set mostly in Australia; in 1908 his only work written in English. Diary of a New Chum, was published in Melbourne. He visited Europe regularly and served as a liaison officer in France during the war. From 1919 to 1931 he published four novels, some memoirs and more short stories, all of which were published in Paris. He became more involved in Australian literary life during this period, but because he wrote in French he remained unknown to all but a few until his death in Forbes in 1939.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ETT Imprint
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1922473839
• ISBN 13: 9781922473837
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible