Книга: Horne Donald «The Lucky Country»
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Серия: "-" Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck. The phrase'the lucky country'has become part of our lexicon; it's forever being invoked in debates about the Australian way of life, but is all too often misused by those blind to Horne's irony. When it was first published in 1964, The Lucky Country caused a sensation. Horne took Australian society to task for its philistinism, provincialism and dependence. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mired in mediocrity and manacled to its past. Although it's a study of the confident Australia of the 1960s, the book still remains illuminating and insightful decades later. The Lucky Country is valuable not only as a source of continuing truths and revealing snapshots of the past, but above all as a key to understanding the anxieties and discontents of Australian society today. Издательство: "Penguin Group" (2009)
ISBN: 978-0-14-318002-9 Купить за 891 руб в My-shop |
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Lucky Country — The Lucky Country is a nickname sometimes used to describe Australia, taken from the 1964 book of the same name by social critic Donald Horne. It has no one particular meaning, but is generally used favorably; among other things, it has been used … Wikipedia
Lucky Country — /lʌki ˈkʌntri/ (say lukee kuntree) noun the, Australia, especially when seen as a fortunate country enjoying the benefits of prosperity, opportunity, stability, etc. {from the book The Lucky Country (1964) by Donald Horne in which the phrase was… …
