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'Simple, direct, colloquial, humorous, respectfully prudish and shot through with poetry.' Observer
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A dazzling recreation of the life of Ned Kelly - horse-thief, highwayman, bank robber and Australia's greatest anti-hero - by one of the world's greatest novelists.
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True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
31. Dezember 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
To Australians, Ned Kelly and his gang hold the same mystery, romanticism, and folk hero status as the Jesse James Gang holds for many Americans. In Peter Carey's wonderfully reimagined story, True History of the Kelly Gang, the life of Ned Kelly and birth of the Kelly Gang - set in mid-1800 colonial Australia - are brought to life with enchanting and engaging prose. The story is told through the memories of Ned Kelly, as he writes down the history of his life for his infant daughter. It is Carey's rendition of Kelly's voice that really makes True History a great read. The colloquial mannerisms and patterns of colonial Australian speech are believably captured, as well as Kelly's heartrending addresses to his "darling girl" (so that she may know the real story of her father and not the overblown "slander" that was written about him by the press) that he will never meet. This medium of storytelling - in letters to Kelly's daughter - is an effective method because it allows the reader to see Kelly as a man, rather than a larger than life folk hero, and as a result, sympathize with the character. Through Kelly, Carey also describes how hard life was in the Australian colony was for the poor (many prisoners - or descendents of - sentenced to live there), and especially for the Irish, whose social status was only higher than that of the Blacks (Aboriginal people).
Carey's True History is written chronologically, starting with his troubled childhood, to his mother selling him as an apprentice to a bushranger (aka outlaw) when he was fourteen years old, to his first arrest, to the subsequent formation of the infamous Kelly Gang, and ending with the Gang's defeat and capture. Carey paints Ned Kelly as a boy who tried to rise above the circumstances of his birth, of a boy fiercely loyal to his family (especially to his mother - their relationship is one of the central themes of his life), of a boy who dreamed of having land and a family of his own, but who in the end could no longer stand the injustices rained upon him and his family. Like the Robin Hood of the Outback, Kelly committed his first robbery so that he could pay for the release of his mother who had been wrongfully jailed. Throughout his life, Kelly maintained a devotion to knowing the truth about things and a desire to ensure that others knew the truth about him. Carey gives a voice to Kelly's wishes and gives the world the True History.
--Charlotte Arneson
Carey's True History is written chronologically, starting with his troubled childhood, to his mother selling him as an apprentice to a bushranger (aka outlaw) when he was fourteen years old, to his first arrest, to the subsequent formation of the infamous Kelly Gang, and ending with the Gang's defeat and capture. Carey paints Ned Kelly as a boy who tried to rise above the circumstances of his birth, of a boy fiercely loyal to his family (especially to his mother - their relationship is one of the central themes of his life), of a boy who dreamed of having land and a family of his own, but who in the end could no longer stand the injustices rained upon him and his family. Like the Robin Hood of the Outback, Kelly committed his first robbery so that he could pay for the release of his mother who had been wrongfully jailed. Throughout his life, Kelly maintained a devotion to knowing the truth about things and a desire to ensure that others knew the truth about him. Carey gives a voice to Kelly's wishes and gives the world the True History.
--Charlotte Arneson
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