Woman of the Sea and Two Seaborne Books Review
A 1954 account by Sonia de Borodesky follows her struggle as a fisherwoman despite debt and gender barriers. The review lauds vivid word pictures, notes translation flaws, and questions the second title by Freda Vines. Both books are from Robert Hale with prices listed in sterling.
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Mme. de Borodesky
Hus
Jnst
Sonia de Borodesky
Mme de Borodesky
Mervyn Savill
Freda Vines
Australia
R.R
Robert Hale
Middle Class in Paperbacks Reviews Four New Australian Reprints
The article argues paperback readers now show a growing middle class of mediocrity. It reviews Kylie Tennant Time Enough Later, Mungo MacCallum A Voyage in Love, Myra Morris The Wind on the Water, and Frank Clune Dark Outlaw as middle-class offerings with mixed reception and notes their sales potential.
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Pocket Books
Kylie Tennant
Frank Clune
Mungo MacCallum
Ya Morris
Tennant
Sydney
Bohemans
Myra Morris
Frank Gardiner
We Were Only Human satire on Nazi bureaucrats by Peter Ustinov
The review notes Peter Ustinov's book We Were Only Human a satire that targets civil servants in the Nazi machinery who carried out orders. It portrays them as mere cogs in a vast ministry of horror and calls their complicity into question. The work is published by Heinemann with a September 196? release date referenced.
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Hitler
Third Reich
Nuremburg
Peter Ustinov
Times Crossword Across and Down Clues Revealed
Crossword puzzle clues listed across and down with word lengths and hints for solutions including breeds of rabbits and various terms such as fop repulse act of flowing into stalks condition legjamat agitates make certain prolong slumber health resorts path of a planet hippopotamus fabbrev less active type of duck and other entries with note to see clue 13 for solution.
Life Story Spent in Two Rooms
Hilde Spiel presents a two room set tale in New York focusing on Lisa a European exile married to Geoff the American husband. Lele a young Lithuanian migrant maid narrates while Lisa hosts refugees and reveals a past of wartime courtesanship through flashbacks. The story ends with Lisa’s death and the two outsiders embracing a new world.
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Hilde Spiel
New York
Lisa
Jovers
Tisas
Lele
Geoff
Germany
Filde Spiel
Menhuen Labour
Ern Malley Poems and hoax court in review
Lansdowne Press publishes Ern Malley poems with Harris introduction and Harris account of the hoax court case. The piece details how McAuley and Stewart created the poems to test readers and critics. It notes varied critical reactions and the lingering question of poetic inspiration.
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Lansdowne Press
Ern Malley
Max Harris
Harris
Ethel Malley
J. J. M. Stewart
Herbert Read
McAuley
Books New Arrivals Showcasing 20 Tremendous Years
Twenty Tremedous Years presents photographs covering 1939 to 1959 with world events, featuring politicians soldiers dictators and heroes. The Incorruptibles by Guthrie Wilson critiques society through a Sydney boys’ school selection process. The Man Who Listens by Taylor Caldwell portrays an idealist building a chapel with a listener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tabori Hay
Sydney
Taylor Caldwell
Aye
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Collier
Dunkirk
Mal
Hawk
Verity Hewitt
Civic Centre
Gestapo
Heinemann
Jie
Angry Penguins
Avantgarde Review
The
Reeds
Sidney Nolan
Colin Simpson
Sydney Sun
James McAuley
Harold Stewart
Stewart
Malley
Mr. Harris
Dylan Thomas
Henry Treece
Walton
Eliot
Arethur Waley
Universit Review
M.P. Lansdowne Press
Guthrie Wilson
Quadrant
Westerly
Melbourne Critical Review
Garema Place
Canberra City
Bunda Street
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