Percy Fitzpatrick (1862–1931)
Autore di Jock of the Bushveld
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Fitzpatrick, Percy
- Nome legale
- FitzPatrick, James Percy
- Data di nascita
- 1862-07-24
- Data di morte
- 1931-01-24
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- South Africa
- Luogo di nascita
- King William's Town, South Africa
- Luogo di morte
- Amanzi, Uitenhage, Cape Colony
- Luogo di residenza
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Istruzione
- St. Gregory's College, Bath, England, UK
St. Aidan's College, Grahamstown, South Africa - Attività lavorative
- author
politician
mining financier
pioneer of the fruit industry (South Africa) - Relazioni
- FitzPatrick, James Coleman (father)
FitzGerald, Jenny (mother) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of St Michael and St George (Knight Commander, 1902)
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Jock of the bushveld di Percy Fitzpatrick
Well written. Not politically correct in today's terms, but actually a sympathetic description of both the white and native people.
I really have no idea how to review this South African classic, first published in 1907. It is the story of a trekker and his dog, in the bushveld, but driving through the heart of it is the story of Jim Makokela, a Zulu warrior who now serves his white masters with a deep and understated wisdom and drinks whenever he has money. It is a deeply uncomfortable book on many levels to the modern reader - the treatment of the black 'boys', the casual violence, the harshness of life on the veld - and the ending is full of sorrows at many levels too. But it is an evocative portrayal of another world.… (altro)
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- Utenti
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- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 56
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