Kristina Olsson
Autor(a) de Shell
About the Author
Obras de Kristina Olsson
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1956
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Locais de residência
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Educação
- University of Queensland
- Ocupação
- novelist
memoirist
biographer
writing teacher
government advisor
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Membros
- 132
- Popularidade
- #153,555
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 40
- Idiomas
- 2
I had no prior knowledge of the construction of the opera house and the politics surrounding it, so I found this informative.
I am amused that Utzon's design was related to an orange. I would never have guessed that. So why when an author has researched her topic and is basing it on a fact, would she then infer that his concept was a shell and use that as the book's title?
I found that a more dominant theme is the conscription of young soldiers for the Vietnam war, the rise of feminism,as well as both Pearl and Axel's background stories. Overall a very good enjoyable read portraying the social and political climate of Sydney in the 1960's.… (mais)