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Adaptation of
I Can Jump Puddles
1955
single work
autobiography
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First known date:
1970...
1970
Uz Zase Skacu Pres Kaluze
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This cinematic adaptation of Alan Marshall's autobiography I Can Jump Puddles transfers the setting from the Australian outback to a stud farm in the picturesque countryside of Moravia at the turn of the century (when Moravia is still a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire). The narrative focuses on Adam, the energetic son of a horse trainer, who contracts polio and is hospitalised. His own courage and the love of his parents help him accept his inability to walk without crutches. But he is still determined to fulfil his dream of riding a horse, and he persuades his friends to help him in secret.
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Poliomyelitis. Type of character Primary. Point of view Third person.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Cinema of Alan Marshall
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Folklore , November no. 17 2002; (p. 27-35)
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The Cinema of Alan Marshall
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Folklore , November no. 17 2002; (p. 27-35)
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