My Brother Jack : A Novel
London
Sydney
:
Collins
,
1964
Z824887
1964
single work
novel
(taught in 13 units)
''The thing I am trying to get at is what made Jack different from me. Different all through our lives, I mean, and in a special sense, not just older or nobler or braver or less clever.'
'David and Jack Meredith grow up in a patriotic suburban Melbourne household during the First World War, and go on to lead lives that could not be more different. Through the story of the two brothers, George Johnston created an enduring exploration of two Australian myths: that of the man who loses his soul as he gains worldly success, and that of the tough, honest Aussie battler, whose greatest ambition is to serve his country during the war. Acknowledged as one of the true Australian classics, My Brother Jack is a deeply satisfying, complex and moving literary masterpiece. ' (Publication summary)
'It has been fifty years since the ABC adapted George Johnston's novel 'My brother Jack' for the small screen. With commemorations of World War I at the forefront of Australia's national agenda for 2015, Anne Pender asserts that the series, along with network ten's telemovie adaptation of the same novel, is worthy of renewed attention.'
Source: Abstract.
'It has been fifty years since the ABC adapted George Johnston's novel 'My brother Jack' for the small screen. With commemorations of World War I at the forefront of Australia's national agenda for 2015, Anne Pender asserts that the series, along with network ten's telemovie adaptation of the same novel, is worthy of renewed attention.'
Source: Abstract.
