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Thomas Keneally

Auteur de La liste de Schindler

82+ oeuvres 16,864 utilisateurs 283 critiques 12 Favoris

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Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney, Australia on October 7, 1935. Although he initially studied for the Catholic priesthood, he abandoned that idea in 1960, turning to teaching and clerical work before writing and publishing his first novel, The Place at Whitton, in 1964. Since that time he has afficher plus been a full-time writer, aside from the occasional stint as a lecturer or writer-in-residence. He won the Booker Prize in 1982 for Schindler's Ark, which Stephen Spielberg adapted into the film Schindler's List. He won the Miles Franklin Award twice with Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete. His other fiction books include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, Confederates, The People's Train, Bettany's Book, An Angel in Australia, The Widow and Her Hero, and The Daughters of Mars. His nonfiction works include Searching for Schindler, Three Famines, The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame, and American Scoundrel. In 1983, he was awarded the order of Australia for his services to Australian Literature. Thomas Keneally is the recipient of the 2015 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award, formerly known as the Writers' Emeritus Award, recognises 'the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding and lifelong contribution to Australian literature. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Thomas Keneally

La liste de Schindler (1982) 8,189 exemplaires
The Daughters of Mars (2012) 688 exemplaires
American Scoundrel (2002) 468 exemplaires
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) 437 exemplaires
Confederates (1979) 292 exemplaires
Searching for Schindler: A memoir (2007) 288 exemplaires
The Playmaker (1987) 284 exemplaires
Abraham Lincoln (2003) 275 exemplaires
Woman of the Inner Sea (1992) 241 exemplaires
A River Town (1995) 236 exemplaires
The Office of Innocence (2002) 234 exemplaires
Towards Asmara (1979) 204 exemplaires
Gossip from the Forest (1975) 186 exemplaires
A Family Madness (1985) 183 exemplaires
Bettany's Book (2000) 178 exemplaires
Napoleon's Last Island (2015) 171 exemplaires
The Tyrant's Novel (2003) 168 exemplaires
Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968) 166 exemplaires
Bring Larks and Heroes (1967) 161 exemplaires
Victim of the Aurora (1977) 152 exemplaires
Shame and the Captives (2013) 144 exemplaires
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974) 128 exemplaires
Flying Hero Class (1991) 126 exemplaires
The People's Train (2009) 107 exemplaires
The Widow and Her Hero (2007) 97 exemplaires
Crimes of the Father (2016) 92 exemplaires
Three famines (2010) 85 exemplaires
The Dickens Boy (2020) 84 exemplaires
Jacko (1993) 72 exemplaires
Ned Kelly & the City of the Bees (1978) 70 exemplaires
The Survivor (1969) 66 exemplaires
The Soldier's Curse (2016) 63 exemplaires
Season in Purgatory (1976) 58 exemplaires
A Dutiful Daughter (1971) 56 exemplaires
Moses the Lawgiver (1975) 46 exemplaires
Outback (1618) 44 exemplaires
Homebush boy (1995) 39 exemplaires
Cut Rate Kingdom (1832) 35 exemplaires
Australia: Beyond the Dreamtime (1987) 28 exemplaires
Australia (2013) 28 exemplaires
Australians: A Short History (2016) 27 exemplaires
By the Line (1989) 27 exemplaires
Roos in shoes (2003) 27 exemplaires
Passenger (1979) 21 exemplaires
The Fear (1965) 19 exemplaires
Corporal Hitler's Pistol (2021) 18 exemplaires
Schindler's List (Abridged Audio) (1993) 18 exemplaires
The Ink Stain (2019) — Auteur — 17 exemplaires
A Country Too Far: Writings on Asylum Seekers (2013) — Directeur de publication — 16 exemplaires
The Place at Whitton (1964) 14 exemplaires
Fanatic Heart (2022) 10 exemplaires
Our republic (1993) 7 exemplaires
The Pact (2020) 6 exemplaires
Bullies House (1981) 5 exemplaires
Thomas Keneally : a celebration (2006) 4 exemplaires
Another country (2005) — Directeur de publication — 2 exemplaires
Australians 2 exemplaires
The Book of Grandparents (2009) 2 exemplaires
1995 1 exemplaire
Great Shame Map (1998) 1 exemplaire
Face of Australia (2000) 1 exemplaire
La città delle api (2000) 1 exemplaire
Memoirs from a Young Republic (1993) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

Voss (1957) — Introduction, quelques éditions1,413 exemplaires
Schindler's List [1993 film] (1993) — Original Book — 766 exemplaires
Our Country's Good (1988)quelques éditions287 exemplaires
The Best American Travel Writing 2005 (2005) — Contributeur — 210 exemplaires
Granta 86: Film (2004) — Contributeur — 205 exemplaires
This Overheating World (2003) — Contributeur — 173 exemplaires
Granta 70: Australia - The New New World (2000) — Contributeur — 167 exemplaires
Granta 91: Wish You Were Here (2005) — Contributeur — 134 exemplaires
10 Short Stories You Must Read This Year (2009) — Contributeur — 107 exemplaires
Atlas of the Great Irish Famine (2012) — Contributeur — 71 exemplaires
Strangers in Their Own Land: Young Jews in Germany and Austria Today (1727) — Preface, quelques éditions62 exemplaires
The Best Australian Essays: A Ten-Year Collection (2011) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
Writers on writing (2002) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
The Best Australian Essays 2002 (2002) — Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
The Best Australian Essays 2004 (2004) — Contributeur — 22 exemplaires
The Best Australian Essays 2003 (2003) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
Introduction to book publishing (1977) — Introduction — 15 exemplaires
The best Australian stories 2001 (2001) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Sydney: Biography of a city (1999) — Avant-propos — 13 exemplaires
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AUSTRALIANS - VOLUME 2 (2000) — Introduction — 6 exemplaires
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [1978 film] (1978) — Original book — 5 exemplaires
Invincibles the Legend of Bradmans 1948 (1998) — Avant-propos — 4 exemplaires

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I've wanted to read this book since coming back from Poland, where we spent most of our time in Cracow. My abiding memories of our visit centre on our stay in the former Jewish quarter of Kazimierz, and of visiting the former ghetto in Podgórze, and of course Auschwitz-Birkenau. This background informed my reading and my appreciation of this book.

This illuminating account has at its heart the extraordinary character of Schindler, womaniser, bon-viveur, heavy drinker, businessman ..... and saviour of the Jews. He's an unlikely hero: audacious, willing to resort to bribery, and entirely unrelenting once he had got the bit between his teeth. Set alongside his story is that of the Jews of Krakow, their personal histories, degradations and gradual loss of autonomy. And the stories of his wife and lovers, and the German high command whom he had to keep on side to achieve his objective of saving the Jews whom he was able to employ.

This is an uncomfortable, painful book to read. But for an understanding of the humiliations and suffering of the Jewish people under Nazi occupation and beyond, and for a glimpse at the lives of those heroes (and Schindler wasn't alone) who made a difference to the fates of some of them, this is unbeatable.
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Margaret09 | 96 autres critiques | Apr 15, 2024 |
Anche se tutti avranno già visto il capolavoro di Spielberg e quindi lo sapranno già, il libro racconta la vita dell'industriale tedesco Oskar Schindler dal 1939 nella Polonia occupata dai nazisti.
Più lento di quanto mi aspettassi nella prima parte, il libro prende giri col passare delle pagine e ricostruisce la azioni di Schindler che, inizialmente nazista convinto anche lui, vede aumentare col tempo gli orrori operati dalle SS e matura parallelamente una repulsione verso il regime e le atrocità dei campi di concentramento.
Man mano che si rafforzano le sue convinzioni, anche le sue scelte diventano sempre più azzardate e pericolose, volte a ingannare il sistema dall'interno nel tentativo di aiutare il popolo ebraico ed alleviarne le sofferenze per quanto possibile.
Innumerevoli gli episodi in cui Schindler riesce a sottrarre prigionieri ebrei dalle grinfie delle SS e dai campi di concentramento tramite vari sotterfugi, inganni e "regali" ai funzionari giusti.
Tutto il libro è stato scritto grazie ai ricordi dei sopravvissuti, agli scritti di Schindler e ai documenti custoditi allo Yad Vashem, il memoriale della Shoah di Gerusalemme.
È certamente un po' crudo in alcune descrizioni, ma non poteva essere diversamente.
Emozionante e commovente, lo metto sul podio dei migliori libri dedicati all'Olocausto insieme a "Se questo è un uomo" di Primo Levi e "La banalità del bene" di Enrico Deaglio (altro libro incredibile che ricostruisce la storia di Giorgio Perlasca, lo Schindler italiano).
Non ho dubbi, oggi più che mai, che sia un libro necessario... per non dimenticare.
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mr.luciano | 96 autres critiques | Feb 8, 2024 |
Sono stata molto contenta di questa lettura di gennaio con LiberTiAmo: sebbene avessi visto il film di Spielberg anni e anni fa (talmente tanti da ricordarmelo a malapena, in effetti), non mi ero mai avvicinata al libro.

Sulla storia, niente da dire, naturalmente: Oscar Schindler e sua moglie Emilie figurano tra i Giusti tra le nazioni per aver salvato un migliaio di persone ebree dalla Shoah, usando i loro agganci e le loro risorse, senza risparmiarsi e senza mai rassegnarsi all’orrore e alla crudeltà gratuita.

Sullo stile con il quale Keneally ha raccontato la storia, devo dire che in alcuni punti mi è sembrato meno appassionante, nonostante le vicende narrate siano così significative. Penso di essere rimasta infastidita dal fatto che si tratta di un non-fiction novel, mentre avrei preferito leggere un non-fiction ‘puro’ – per così dire – che nella mia testa sarebbe stato più adatto per questa storia. Giusto nella mia testa, visto che La lista di Schindler ha vinto il Booker Prize nel 1982: deve essere colpa del mio potente amore per la saggistica.
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lasiepedimore | 96 autres critiques | Jan 12, 2024 |

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