On the edge of a small Australian town, far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a camp holds thousands of Japanese, Italian and Korean prisoners of war. The locals are unsure how to treat the 'enemy', though Alice Herman, whose young husband is himself a prisoner in Europe, becomes drawn to the Italian soldier sent to work on her father-in-law's farm. The camp commander and his deputy, each concealing a troubled private life, are disunited. And both fatally misread their Japanese captives, who burn with shame at being taken alive. The stage is set for a clash of cultures that has explosive, far-reaching consequences.
God save all here.Summer, 1847. People are getting used to the corpses lying by the road and along the ditches. For John Mitchel - lawyer, journalist, activist, politician - the word famine will forever conjure the hollowed faces of Irelands dead, the liquid Gaelic of the past now mute on their tongues. Propelled by disgust at the injustice, Mitchel will do all he can to fight for the destitute, the starved, the forgotten. His odyssey will take him all the way to America - that land of promise - but it will draw him into a terrible paradox, blurring the lines that divide liberation from dispossession and forcing him to ask: can one act of devastating cruelty and oppression prevent another?
Thomas Keneallys famous novel tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman who risked his life every day during the Second World War to save as many Jews as possible. Steven Spielbergs film of Schindlers List won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Un huevo cae desde lo alto y de él sale un bicho muy raro que no sabe quién es. El bicho raro se va encontrando con diferentes animales: el camaleón, la tortuga, el avestruz, la serpiente... y a todos ayuda. Cansado de recorrer lugares, de pronto ve que caen un montón de huevos de los que salen animales iguales que él. ¡Ya no se siente raro! Y el que les parece raro es el ser humano.
Thomas Keneally''s famous novel tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman who risked his life every day during the Second World War to save as many Jews as possible. Steven Spielberg''s film of Schindler''s List won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Oskar Schindler fue un industrial católico alemán que arriesgó su fortuna y su vida en el intento de salvar la vida a algunos de los sesenta mil judíos que cada día eran asesinados por los nazis. Ésta es la cronica de esta admirable hazaña, a partir de la cual Spielberg filmo su obra maestra.
'GOD SAVE ALL HERE.'SUMMER, 1847. PEOPLE ARE GETTING USED TO THE CORPSES LYING BY THE ROAD AND ALONG THE DITCHES. FOR JOHN MITCHEL - LAWYER, JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, POLITICIAN - THE WORD 'FAMINE' WILL FOREVER CONJURE THE HOLLOWED FACES OF IRELAND'S DEAD, TH
Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally transports us into the life of John Mitchel one of the most controversial figures of the fight for Irish independence Bringing us on a vivid page turning odyssey from Mitchel s revolutionary origins in the depths of the Great Famine through exile and a troubling political evolution the master of historical fiction wrestles with the conflicts at the centre of a complicated legacy One of the world s greatest writers Spectator Enlightening Keneally s descriptive gift comes into exquisite play TLS A gripping and resonant story Financial Times
By the author of SCHINDLERS ARK, a profoundly affecting tale of love, courage and sacrifice and a searing evocation of the First World War from a fresh, female perspective.
