Madeleine St. John (1) (1941–2006)
Auteur de The Women in Black
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Madeleine St. John, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Madeleine St John / Credit Jerry Bauer
Œuvres de Madeleine St. John
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1941-11-12
- Date de décès
- 2006-06-18
- Lieu de sépulture
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Castlecrag, New South Wales, Australia
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Notting Hill, London, England, UK
San Francisco, California, USA - Études
- University of Sydney
Queenwood School for Girls, Mosman - Professions
- novelist
- Relations
- St John, Edward (father)
Tillam, Christopher (husband)
Cargher, Sylvette (mother) - Courte biographie
- Madeleine St John (12 November 1941 – 18 June 2006) was an Australian writer, the first Australian woman to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction (in 1997 for her novel The Essence of the Thing).
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Critiques
The Women in Black: Text Classics par Madeleine St.John
Set in the Sydney I grew up in, this charming and deceptively simply book was a complete delight. I laughed and I cried. So beautifully and skilfully written in a slightly precious style so aptly suited to the world of David Jones's Women's Departments. Definitely 5 stars.
Charming representation of post war Sydney and of department store, David Jones.
A short, light-hearted look at 3 women (primarily) living in Sydney in 1959 and working at Goode's in the cocktail and model gown dress departments. I found it to be an amusing and witty slice of life. 224 pages
A brief, easy-to-read book that is brilliant in containing so much within its 200 pages. The story focuses on several women of varying ages who all work in a large department store selling women's frocks during the Christmas-time sales in Sydney, Australia. These are the "women in black" as the saleswomen must wear a black dress provided by the store. With wit and subtle humor, the author cleverly portrays the women in their various life stages from young and innocent high school graduate just working temporarily, to twenties girls on the hunt for husbands, to a middle-aged married cosmopolitan émigré from Serbia. What makes this book successful is how the author effortlessly portrays the longings, the hopes, and fears of these women with spare and sparkling prose that captures various personalities, humor, and intelligence. Additionally, the male characters are also rendered as individual personalities. This is an upbeat, satisfying novel that I recommend when you're looking for something clever and entertaining.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 872
- Popularité
- #29,354
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 45
- ISBN
- 78
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 1
