Thomas Keneally

Broschiertes Buch

Shame and the Captives

Beschreibung

A dramatic and fascinating novel based on a notorious breakout by Japanese prisoners from an Australian POW camp in 1944, encapsulating the impact of war on ordinary lives.

Autor

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published twenty-nine novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip from the Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Widow and her Hero, The People's Train and The Daughters of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton / Sceptre
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 274g
• ISBN-13: 9781444781274
• ISBN-10: 1444781278
• Artikelnr.: 41584023

Rezensionen

Keneally skilfully weighs broad cultural questions against the concerns of the soldiers and community . . . In a supremely dramatic ending, it is impossible to guess the fate of any of the characters. Mail on Sunday