Marilyn Duckworth
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Marilyn Duckworth, writer, was born in Auckland, New Zealand and raised in England. She has written fiction, nonfiction, poetry and essays. He earliest works, including A Gap in the Spectrum (1959) were influenced by existential writers such as Sartre and Camus. Disorderly Conduct (1985) won the mostrar más New Zealand Book Award in Fiction. She was also a recipient of a 2016 New Zealand Prime Minister¿s Award for Literary Achievement in the fiction category. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Duckworth, Marilyn
- Nombre legal
- Duckworth, Marilyn Rose
- Otros nombres
- Adcock, Marylin Rose
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1935-11-10
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- New Zealand
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Otahuhu, Auckland, NZ
- Lugares de residencia
- Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
England, UK - Ocupaciones
- novelist
poet
short story writer - Relaciones
- Adcock, Irene (mother)
Adcock, Fleur (sister)
Farlane, Mia (daughter) - Organizaciones
- NZ Society of Authors
- Premios y honores
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1987)
Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship (1980)
Scholarship in Letters (1961, 1972)
Victoria University Writers' Fellow (1990)
Auckland University Writing Fellowship (1996)
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 18
- También por
- 5
- Miembros
- 75
- Popularidad
- #235,804
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 24
The story starts with the introduction of three children, a thirteen year old boy and his two younger sisters. So far they seem to have had an idyllic childhood, but this is now disrupted because their mother is unwell and has to spend some time in hospital. When their parents can’t think of anyone local to look after them their mother thinks of an old school friend of hers with whom she still corresponds. In her words: “Poor old Jean, she’s just the right person.... She’s ever so sweet. A bit shy...” So the children are taken to stay with Jean Brodie, a young mother of one who is happy to share her ‘matchbox’ house with them. It’s soon evident that Jean might not have been such a perfect choice. Her marriage has broken down, her husband is having an affair, and as she begins to lose herself in a world of fantasy, her own shortcomings and needs render her incapable of taking on the care of three additional children.
The narrative voice shifted back and forth between the various characters and although the writing was not spectacular I thought that Jean’s loneliness and gradual descent into some form of derangement were beautifully captured. I also found myself entranced by the children. Their age, their sex and their own individual character affected the way they each responded to the confusing and irresponsible behaviour of the adults that now surrounded them but the writer left nothing unnoticed not even the most subtle of changes. A wonderful little story!… (más)