Fotografía de autor

Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972)

Autor de The Scarecrow

5 Obras 139 Miembros 8 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

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 más died in 1972. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Ronald Hugh Morrieson

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

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre legal
Morrieson, James Ronald Hugh
Fecha de nacimiento
1922-01-29
Fecha de fallecimiento
1972-12-26
Género
male
Nacionalidad
New Zealand
Lugar de nacimiento
Hawera, New Zealand
Lugar de fallecimiento
Hawera, New Zealand
Lugares de residencia
Hawera, New Zealand
Ocupaciones
musician
music teacher
novelist

Miembros

Reseñas

Un moment de l'histoire simple et tragique d'une bourgade de Nouvelle Zélande.
 
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Nikoz | 5 reseñas más. | 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 | 5 reseñas más. | 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...
… (más)
 
Denunciada
bringbackbooks | 5 reseñas más. | 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...
… (más)
 
Denunciada
bringbackbooks | 5 reseñas más. | Jun 16, 2020 |

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Obras
5
Miembros
139
Popularidad
#147,351
Valoración
3.9
Reseñas
8
ISBNs
21
Idiomas
1

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