Elspeth Sandys
Författare till Riding to Jerusalem
Om författaren
Elspeth Sandys is an educator and author. She is from New Zealand and was educated at Otago University and Auckland University. Sandys was a professor of writing criticism with the University of Auckland Continuing Education program and a tutor at the Wanaka Autumn Arts School. Sandys was also a visa mer Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow. She has published seven novels of historical fiction, short stories, and plays for radio, television and film. (Publisher Provided) visa färre
Verk av Elspeth Sandys
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- Vedertaget namn
- Sandys, Elspeth
- Födelsedag
- 1940
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- New Zealand
- Födelseort
- Timaru, New Zealand
- Bostadsorter
- Timaru, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand - Organisationer
- Waikato University (writer-in-residence, 1998)
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2006)
Robert Burns Fellowship (1995)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 14
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 49
- Popularitet
- #320,875
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 6
- ISBN
- 29
- Språk
- 1
The novel's narrative focuses on a long standing love for one, Heather Drummond who is left behind in Glasgow, and to whom he writes letters desiring her to come out and join him but without response.
We are witness to the horrible voyage out, during which rivalries among the settlers quickly surface. It is the often repeated story of over blown boosterism and wildly optimistic illusions about what establishing a colony entails.
MacLaine breaks in new land near the settlement, falls for a neighbouring half-caste young woman in the belief that his original love has faded. Politics between rival interests, Free Church isolationists versus those who realise a colony like Dunedin must be part of the growing entity, New Zealand, develop; MacLaine, by dint of his education, is encouraged to start a rival liberally positioned newspaper.
Finally, a resolution to his attempts to create a new life for himself are achieved through much self-sacrifice, relationship upheavals and persistence.
Competent, historically interesting showing good understanding of the Maori world and with convincing characters.… (mer)