Percy Fitzpatrick (1862–1931)
Autor(a) de Jock of the Bushveld
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Obras por Percy Fitzpatrick
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Fitzpatrick, Percy
- Nome legal
- FitzPatrick, James Percy
- Data de nascimento
- 1862-07-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1931-01-24
- Localização do túmulo
- Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- South Africa
- Local de nascimento
- King William's Town, South Africa
- Local de falecimento
- Amanzi, Uitenhage, Cape Colony
- Locais de residência
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Educação
- St. Gregory's College, Bath, England, UK
St. Aidan's College, Grahamstown, South Africa - Ocupações
- author
politician
mining financier
pioneer of the fruit industry (South Africa) - Relações
- FitzPatrick, James Coleman (father)
FitzGerald, Jenny (mother) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Order of St Michael and St George (Knight Commander, 1902)
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Críticas
Jock of the bushveld por 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.… (mais)
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- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 410
- Popularidade
- #59,368
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 10
- ISBN
- 56
- Línguas
- 1