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Title: | Bitter Fruit: Ruth Park's trilogy of want and human spirit | Contributor(s): | Walker, Shirley (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5351 | Abstract: | The reissue in one volume of three of Ruth Park's much-loved novels - 'The Harp in the South' (1948), its sequel 'Poor Man's Orange' (1949) and the prequel 'Missus' (1985) - is welcome. The trilogy completes the family saga, taking the Darcy family from its emigrant beginnings in the dusty little outback towns where Hughie and Margaret meet and marry, to their life in the urban jungle of Surry Hills, then forward to the 1950s when the next generation prepares to leave the slums for the imagined freedom of the bush. These are Australian classics, but classics of the vernacular, of the ordinary people. They should never be allowed to disappear from public consciousness. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian Book Review (313), p. 25-26 | Publisher: | Australian Book Review Inc | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 0155-2864 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200502 Australian Literature (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950203 Languages and Literature | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C3 Non-Refereed Article in a Professional Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6578991 http://www.australianbookreview.com.au/past-issues/index/146 |
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