Charlotte Jay (1919–1996)
Auteur de Beat Not the Bones
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Charlotte Jay was the pseudonym of Geraldine Halls, born Geraldine Mary Jay in Adelaide, Australia. She attended the University of Adelaide and worked as a shorthand typist and court stenographer. She married Albert Halls, an Orientalist who worked with UNESCO and as an antiques dealer. With her husband, she traveled to many exotic locations that she later featured in her books. She adopted the pen name Charlotte Jay in 1951 for her mystery and crime novels, beginning with The Knife Is Feminine. Beat Not the Bones (1953), her third book, won the newly-created Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers' Association of America for Best Novel of the Year in 1954. She also wrote several books under her real name, including The Cats of Benares (1967).
Œuvres de Charlotte Jay
The brink of silence 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Halls, Geraldine Mary
Jay, Geraldine Mary (birth) - Date de naissance
- 1919-12-17
- Date de décès
- 1996-10-27
- Lieu de sépulture
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Lieu du décès
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
London, England, UK
Pakistan
Thailand
Lebanon
India (tout afficher 7)
Papua New Guinea - Études
- University of Adelaide
- Professions
- secretary
stenographer
art critic
mystery writer
crime novelist - Notice de désambigüisation
- Charlotte Jay was the pseudonym of Geraldine Halls, born Geraldine Mary Jay in Adelaide, Australia. She attended the University of Adelaide and worked as a shorthand typist and court stenographer. She married Albert Halls, an Orientalist who worked with UNESCO and as an antiques dealer. With her husband, she traveled to many exotic locations that she later featured in her books. She adopted the pen name Charlotte Jay in 1951 for her mystery and crime novels, beginning with The Knife Is Feminine. Beat Not the Bones (1953), her third book, won the newly-created Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers' Association of America for Best Novel of the Year in 1954. She also wrote several books under her real name, including The Cats of Benares (1967).
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Beat Not the Bones par Charlotte Jay
Winner of the first Edgar Award...takes place in Papua New Guinea
The narrative is beguiling. It offers an exotic locale which Charlotte Jay documents in meticulous detail while using the other worldly tropics as an assist in building suspense. It also weaves in the chillingly real historical context that adds great depth to the horror of the crime. It's not hard to see what the CWA committee found so compelling in its decision to crown the book with first Award.
This can be firmly placed in the psychological thriller genre. The uncertainties of the interior landscapes are just as prominent as those in the exterior settings. All of the characters, including the protagonist, are wracked by indecision. Jay is evenhanded in that regard but it made it difficult to find much sympathy with any of them. This tale deserved the Edgar but I would not put it in the 'page turner' class.… (plus d'informations)
This can be firmly placed in the psychological thriller genre. The uncertainties of the interior landscapes are just as prominent as those in the exterior settings. All of the characters, including the protagonist, are wracked by indecision. Jay is evenhanded in that regard but it made it difficult to find much sympathy with any of them. This tale deserved the Edgar but I would not put it in the 'page turner' class.… (plus d'informations)
This book by Charlotte Jay, written in 1952 won the first ever Edgar Allan Poe Award. I have made it my mission to try to read all the Edgar award books. Mystery and suspense is my favourite genre, and it will be nice to see how the genre has evolved. This book is set in Papua just after the end of WWII. It's probably one of the best books I've ever read that portrays the atrocities and iniquities of colonialism. It also is written in descriptive and beautiful language that distinctly depicts the setting in which the book is written - the thick encroaching jungle, the beautiful flowers and trees and the almost impossibly blue ocean that surrounds it. The book is about Stella Warwick and her quest to find out what actually happened to her husband while he was stationed in Papua. All the bureaucrats are telling her that he committed suicide, but that is not the David Warwick she knows, so she comes to the island to figure it out. Not even she is prepared for the devastating truth that she uncovers. Yes, some of the society norms in the book are dated, especially the role of women women played in a colonial province, but Ms. Jay has crafted a complex and frightening suspense thriller that is terrible in its realism. I enjoyed the book, and look forward to continuing my journey with the other books that have won this prestigious award.… (plus d'informations)
An enjoyable though dated read. Felt like Jay was attempting to induce a feeling of claustrophobia with the whites hemmed in on all sides by savagery and decay, I did not find this attempt successful.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Membres
- 216
- Popularité
- #103,224
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 12
- ISBN
- 44
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 1