Книга: Bryce Courtenay «Fortune Cookie»

Fortune Cookie

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

Enter a dark and dangerous world . . . Simon Koo is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese young man who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work for Samuel Oswald Wing, an advertising agency. But the Wing brothers, who run the agency, are not what they ISBN:9780143205616

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2012)

ISBN: 9780143205616

Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay (born 14 August, 1933) is a South African novelist born in Johannesburg. He spent most of his early years in a small village in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa's Limpopo province.

While studying journalism in London, Bryce met his future wife and eventually emigrated to Australia. They married in 1959 and had three sons, Brett, Adam and Damon. Damon had haemophilia and died at age 24 from AIDS, contracted through a blood transfusion.

His novels are primarily set in either Australia, his adopted country, or South Africa, the country of his birth. His first book, "The Power of One", was published in 1989 and, despite Courtenay's fears that it would never sell, quickly became one of Australia's best selling books by any living author. The story has since been made into a film - as well as being re-released in a version fit for children to read.

Bryce Courtenay is one of Australia's most commercially successful authors. However, only "The Power of One" has been published in the United States. Courtenay claims that this is because, "American publishers for the most part have difficulties about Australia, they are interested in books in their own country first and foremost. However, we receive many e-mails and letters from Americans who have read my books and I am hoping in the future that publishers will recognise that there is a market for all my books in the U.S."

Today, Bryce Courtenay lives in Bowral, NSW, with his partner, Christine.

Bibliography

* "The Power of One" (1989)
* "Tandia" (1992)
* "April Fool's Day" (1993)
* "Recipe for Dreaming" (1994)
* "The Power of One to One" (1995)
* "The Potato Factory" (1995)
* "Tommo & Hawk" (1997)
* "The Family Frying Pan" (1997)
* "" (1997)
* "Yowie Series" (1997)
* "Jessica" (1998)
* "The Night Country" (1998)
* "The Power of One Young Reader's Edition" (1999)
* "Solomon's Song" (1999)
* "Four Fires" (2001)
* "Smoky Joe's Cafe" (2001)
* "Matthew Flinders' Cat" (2002)
* "Brother Fish" (2004)
* "Whitethorn" (2005)
* "Sylvia" (2006)
* "The Persimmon Tree" (2007)

External sources

* [http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35414718 Find Bryce Courtenay in Libraries Australia] - click on the name 'Heading' to find related works in 800+ Australian library collections
* [http://www.brycecourtenay.com Official Bryce Courtenay Website]
* [http://jimball.com.au/bryce.mp3 Bryce on Jim Ball's radio program]

Источник: Bryce Courtenay

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