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John William Truran John William Truran i(A13649 works by)
Born: Established: 1897 Sheffield, South Yorkshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1925
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1 1 y separately published work icon Where the Plain Begins John William Truran , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1933 Z1296975 1933 single work novel 'The writer has tried to show, as well as his meagre skill allows, and with the aid of a series of characters such as may be found anywhere, something of the life of a rather unprogressive community, hidden away among the western ranges.' Author's Preface. Where the Plain Begins, 1933, records similar happenings among a subnormal group on the central tableland of New South Wales. Truran has endeavoured to interpret some phases of Australian rural life that contrast with the cultural circumstances of the squatter and independent farmer. But he overdoes the use of the vernacular and treats his subnormals as an isolated community. His skilful picturings of scenic backgrounds would be more in keeping with a greater variety in ccharacterization. Truran so makes the 'Macdonald' River a stream of memory that one desires from his pen a descriptive work on the Australian bush. (E. Morris Miller Australian Literature From Its Beginnings to 1935 (1940): 786).
1 4 y separately published work icon Green Mallee John William Truran , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1932 Z577151 1932 single work novel A story of post-war farming life in the mallee country of Victoria by one who knows the life intimately and describes it with exceptional literary skill. (Publisher's blurb). Green Mallee, 1932, is a chronicle of the daily life of a group of wheat-farmers in north-western Victoria who, though scarcely of average intelligence, struggle against many adversities. It combines selected sketches of farm and home doings with descriptions of natural features. (E. Morris Miller Australian Literature From Its Beginnings to 1935 (1940): 786).
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