The narrator of this novel is a foetus in utero, who watches the outside world through his mother's eyes. He observes the break-up of his parents' marriage, his mother's incarceration in a mental hospital, and her eventual escape and travel to Australia, where he is born.
Dedicationedit
"To Trish Sheppard and Iain Findlay."
Critical receptionedit
In the Canberra Times Hope Hewitt was a little annoyed with the main character: "In practice it provides a novel excuse for the oldest of narrative conventions: the omniscient narrator. It also provides for a variation on the Romantic notion of the wise child; and I confess that there were moments when the little man became so polysyllabically philosophical or his creator so cutely whimsical that I found myself wishing the brat would remain unborn...But apart from a few irritations with the conventions of the fantasy, Passenger is an entertaining book, with its constant changes of scene and its unexpected uses of language."[2]
Publication historyedit
After its original publication in 1979 by Collins,[3] the novel was published as follows:
^ ab"Austlit - Passenger by Thomas Keneally". Austlit. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^""Vision from the womb"". The Canberra Times, 2 June 1979, p16. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^"Passenger (Collins 1979)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^"Passenger (Fontana)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
April 10, 2024
passenger, keneally, novel, passenger, 1979, novel, australian, writer, thomas, keneally, passengerauthorthomas, keneallycountryaustralialanguageenglishgenrefictionpublishercollins, australiapublication, date1979media, typeprintpages186, ppisbn0002216299preced. Passenger 1979 is a novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally 1 PassengerAuthorThomas KeneallyCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishGenreFictionPublisherCollins AustraliaPublication date1979Media typePrintPages186 ppISBN0002216299Preceded byA Victim of the Aurora Followed byConfederates Contents 1 Abstract 2 Dedication 3 Critical reception 4 Publication history 5 See also 6 ReferencesAbstract editThe narrator of this novel is a foetus in utero who watches the outside world through his mother s eyes He observes the break up of his parents marriage his mother s incarceration in a mental hospital and her eventual escape and travel to Australia where he is born Dedication edit To Trish Sheppard and Iain Findlay Critical reception editIn the Canberra Times Hope Hewitt was a little annoyed with the main character In practice it provides a novel excuse for the oldest of narrative conventions the omniscient narrator It also provides for a variation on the Romantic notion of the wise child and I confess that there were moments when the little man became so polysyllabically philosophical or his creator so cutely whimsical that I found myself wishing the brat would remain unborn But apart from a few irritations with the conventions of the fantasy Passenger is an entertaining book with its constant changes of scene and its unexpected uses of language 2 Publication history editAfter its original publication in 1979 by Collins 3 the novel was published as follows Harcourt Brace Jovanovich USA 1978 1 Fontana UK 1980 4 See also edit1979 in Australian literatureReferences edit a b Austlit Passenger by Thomas Keneally Austlit Retrieved 8 July 2023 Vision from the womb The Canberra Times 2 June 1979 p16 Retrieved 8 July 2023 Passenger Collins 1979 National Library of Australia Retrieved 8 July 2023 Passenger Fontana National Library of Australia Retrieved 6 July 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Passenger Keneally novel amp oldid 1174669241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
