Graeme Lay
Auteur de The secret life of James Cook
A propos de l'auteur
Graeme Lay was born in 1944 in Foxton. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington and became a school teacher. He soon became books editor of North and South magazine in 1992. He has published two novels, The Mentor (1978) and The Fools on the Hill (1988), two collections of short stories, afficher plus Dear Mr Cairney and Motu Tapu, and edited four short story anthologies, Metro Fiction, the popularly successful 100 New Zealand Short Short Stories, Another 100 New Zealand Short Short Stories, and The Third Century. He has since changed his focus to non-fiction with Passages: Journeys in Polynesia (1993), Pacific New Zealand (1996) and, in the planned `Pacific Pride' series, his working titles are The Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Fij and James Cook Lost World. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Graeme Lay
A travel guide to Captain James Cook's New Zealand: Exploring significant locations from Cook's voyages of discovery (2017) 1 exemplaire
One Hundred New Zealand Short Stories 1 exemplaire
Super Gran's Birthday Treat 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
A Passion for Travel: New Zealand Writers & their Adventures Overseas (1998) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1944-01-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Aotearoa / New Zealand
- Lieu de naissance
- Foxton, New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- Taranaki, New Zealand
North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand
Surrey, England, UK - Études
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Professions
- novelist
school teacher
editor
Membres
Critiques
As with the other two titles in this trilogy, I learned so much and found it difficult to put down. In all honesty I could not say I enjoyed this third book because there were times when the cruelty and harshness meted out by Captain Cook seemed unbelievable - it was so awful. Was it really like this I asked myself - had the fiction run away with the author?
I can't believe that Graeme Lay would let the reader or himself down by indulging in gratuitous cruelty. As Lieutenant King said so movingly when reporting back to the Lords of the Admiralty - 'he was a tyrant at times but he was our tyrant.'
Cook's achievement was amazing, as was the safe return to England by those left on the ships after Cook's death and the author has really brought that achievement into focus for readers who will not read the diaries or more academic biographies.… (plus d'informations)
I can't believe that Graeme Lay would let the reader or himself down by indulging in gratuitous cruelty. As Lieutenant King said so movingly when reporting back to the Lords of the Admiralty - 'he was a tyrant at times but he was our tyrant.'
Cook's achievement was amazing, as was the safe return to England by those left on the ships after Cook's death and the author has really brought that achievement into focus for readers who will not read the diaries or more academic biographies.… (plus d'informations)
In this anthology twenty-six of New Zealand's most accomplished writers recall significant events in their lives when they were under the age of ten, or create fictional narratives in which a child or children are placed at the centre of events
What is a short-short story? A short story which is only a few hundred words long. In some cases, a mere paragraph.
Which is what makes these things so darn interesting. How does a person tell a complete story in so few words? How do you have a beginning, a middle, an ending and characters?
Well, these authors succeed. Some of them succeed fabulously.
If you're a student of writing and enjoy looking at structure - or just enjoy good writing - pick up a copy of this book.
Which is what makes these things so darn interesting. How does a person tell a complete story in so few words? How do you have a beginning, a middle, an ending and characters?
Well, these authors succeed. Some of them succeed fabulously.
If you're a student of writing and enjoy looking at structure - or just enjoy good writing - pick up a copy of this book.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 40
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 212
- Popularité
- #104,834
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 66
- Langues
- 1
Fletcher Christian was the leader of the 1789 mutiny against commander William Bligh of the HMAV Bounty, and this novel by prolific New Zealand author Graeme Lay is a fictionalised account of the story.
If you already know the story of the mutiny, (and after a week on Norfolk Island, I certainly did) then the most interesting part of this novel is the story of Fletcher’s Christian’s youth in England and his rise from genteel poverty after his widowed mother fell into debt. But the first hint that this fictionalisation takes liberties with the truth occurs when the reader comes across a concocted account of Christian rescuing the young William Wordsworth from being bullied at school. It’s not just unconvincing, it’s also an indication that heroic deeds will be ascribed to this man who consigned the commander of his ship and 18 loyalists to a likely death when he cast them out to sea in a longboat.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2018/07/01/fletcher-of-the-bounty-by-graeme-lay-bookrev...… (plus d'informations)