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A review by brona
Swords And Crowns And Rings by Ruth Park
4.0
The Miles Franklin Award aims to celebrate a novel each year that 'is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases.'
Swords and Rings and Crowns is all of this.
There is nothing experimental or challenging about the format or structure of the book. It is straight forward historical fiction with a coming of age element and some romance. But it is beautifully realised.
Park's writing is evocative and authentic. She brings the hardships and the details of Depression era NSW to life so vividly that you can feel the hunger, the cold and the fear along with her characters. However, the bleakness of the times was compensated for by the warmth and grace of her central characters.
Full review here - http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/swords-and-crowns-and-rings-by-ruth-park.html
Swords and Rings and Crowns is all of this.
There is nothing experimental or challenging about the format or structure of the book. It is straight forward historical fiction with a coming of age element and some romance. But it is beautifully realised.
Park's writing is evocative and authentic. She brings the hardships and the details of Depression era NSW to life so vividly that you can feel the hunger, the cold and the fear along with her characters. However, the bleakness of the times was compensated for by the warmth and grace of her central characters.
Full review here - http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/swords-and-crowns-and-rings-by-ruth-park.html