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Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972)

Autor(a) de The Scarecrow

5 Works 139 Membros 8 Reviews

About the Author

Ronald Hugh Morrieson was a novelist. He was born in 1922 in New Zealand. In the 1960s, Morrieson published a series of novels dealing with life in post-war New Zealand including Come a Hot Friday and The Scarecrow. In 1982, The Scarecrow was adapted as a film starring John Carradine. Morrieson mostrar mais died in 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Ronald Hugh Morrieson

The Scarecrow (1976) 76 cópias
Came a Hot Friday (1964) 34 cópias
Predicament (1974) 23 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Morrieson, James Ronald Hugh
Data de nascimento
1922-01-29
Data de falecimento
1972-12-26
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
New Zealand
Local de nascimento
Hawera, New Zealand
Local de falecimento
Hawera, New Zealand
Locais de residência
Hawera, New Zealand
Ocupação
musician
music teacher
novelist

Membros

Resenhas

Un moment de l'histoire simple et tragique d'une bourgade de Nouvelle Zélande.
 
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Nikoz | outras 5 resenhas | Jul 3, 2022 |
On the way home from somewhere, I noticed that our local op shop had a bookshelf out on its verandah. I picked up six books for which I still owe $3, the shop being shut then, and for the duration of the Thing. Luckily for me, one of the books was The Scarecrow. The copy is the text classics edition, one of the series inspired by Di Gribble.

New Zealanders will have to forgive me for listing this under Australia. If you want our dole money then quit complainin'. The rural setting and the appalling drinking surely could come from the Australian backblocks. But this has an assurance and a 'I'll do this how I darn well please' attitude that are pure NZ.

The assurance is not polished, it's the confidence of existing with no natural predators. That's NZ for you. Only a confident and inexperienced writer could even think of writing this book, let alone bring it into the world. The young teenager's view is honest, witty, scared, sexual, full of the bravado which shows its true colours fast enough. All this creates a really beautiful small town story and that, despite the ugliness of it. Yes, it stacks up though it's hard to understand how.

rest here: https://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/the-scarecrow-by-ronald-h...
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bringbackbooks | outras 5 resenhas | Jun 16, 2020 |
On the way home from somewhere, I noticed that our local op shop had a bookshelf out on its verandah. I picked up six books for which I still owe $3, the shop being shut then, and for the duration of the Thing. Luckily for me, one of the books was The Scarecrow. The copy is the text classics edition, one of the series inspired by Di Gribble.

New Zealanders will have to forgive me for listing this under Australia. If you want our dole money then quit complainin'. The rural setting and the appalling drinking surely could come from the Australian backblocks. But this has an assurance and a 'I'll do this how I darn well please' attitude that are pure NZ.

The assurance is not polished, it's the confidence of existing with no natural predators. That's NZ for you. Only a confident and inexperienced writer could even think of writing this book, let alone bring it into the world. The young teenager's view is honest, witty, scared, sexual, full of the bravado which shows its true colours fast enough. All this creates a really beautiful small town story and that, despite the ugliness of it. Yes, it stacks up though it's hard to understand how.

rest here: https://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/the-scarecrow-by-ronald-h...
… (mais)
 
Marcado
bringbackbooks | outras 5 resenhas | Jun 16, 2020 |
On the way home from somewhere, I noticed that our local op shop had a bookshelf out on its verandah. I picked up six books for which I still owe $3, the shop being shut then, and for the duration of the Thing. Luckily for me, one of the books was The Scarecrow. The copy is the text classics edition, one of the series inspired by Di Gribble.

New Zealanders will have to forgive me for listing this under Australia. If you want our dole money then quit complainin'. The rural setting and the appalling drinking surely could come from the Australian backblocks. But this has an assurance and a 'I'll do this how I darn well please' attitude that are pure NZ.

The assurance is not polished, it's the confidence of existing with no natural predators. That's NZ for you. Only a confident and inexperienced writer could even think of writing this book, let alone bring it into the world. The young teenager's view is honest, witty, scared, sexual, full of the bravado which shows its true colours fast enough. All this creates a really beautiful small town story and that, despite the ugliness of it. Yes, it stacks up though it's hard to understand how.

rest here: https://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/the-scarecrow-by-ronald-h...
… (mais)
 
Marcado
bringbackbooks | outras 5 resenhas | Jun 16, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
5
Membros
139
Popularidade
#147,351
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
8
ISBNs
21
Idiomas
1

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