'Alien Son, in simple yet rich language, is the story of a Russian family settling in Australia in the years before the first World War. Waten tells of life in his home, among the family's Jewish friends, among his new Australian playmates, on his father's bottle-o rounds - of their hopes, despairs, the comedies and tragedies - all told with the warmth, understanding, and sometimes lack of understanding, that is felt by a child finding himself between the two worlds. His attempts to reconcile the demands of these two worlds rarely meet with success; often they end in situations that are at once poignantly sad and humorous.'
Source: Publisher's blurb (Australian Classics ed.).
A Career in Writing : Judah Waten and the Cultural Politics of a Literary Career
Toowoomba
:
Association for the Study of Australian Literature
,
1997
Z159609
1997
single work
criticism
Judah Waten Interviewed by Hazel de Berg
Hazel de Berg
(interviewer),
Canberra
:
National Library of Australia
,
1960
18411584
1960
single work
interview
Waten speaks about his book Alien Son ; the similarities between the novel and his own life in Australia ; Waten reads an extract from 'Mother' (Libraries Australia record).
