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'''Daughter of Silence''' (1961) is a crime novel by Australian author [[Morris West]].<ref name=austlit>[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C253363 Austlit - ''Daughter of Silence'' by Morris West]</ref> |
'''Daughter of Silence''' (1961) is a crime novel by Australian author [[Morris West]].<ref name=austlit>[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C253363 Austlit - ''Daughter of Silence'' by Morris West]</ref> |
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==Plot outline== |
==Plot outline== |
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In mid-summer in a Tuscan village a twenty-four |
In mid-summer in a Tuscan village a twenty-four-year-old woman shoots the town's mayor dead in revenge for the death of her mother during the war. The subsequent trial brings out secrets both personal and political. |
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==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
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Joyce Halstead in ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' was impressed with the work: "Excellent writing in an attractive novel which uses all the gimmicks for modern reader success - an Italian setting, a court scene with a beautiful young woman on trial for murder, and intricately woven love affairs...The whole resolves itself fairly expectedly and tritely - but the intellectual arguments, convincing dialogue, emotional undertones, and competently wrought plot make it a very satisfying story."<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46074898 "Your Bookshelf" by Joyce Halstead, ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', 10 January 1962, p14]</ref> |
Joyce Halstead in ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' was impressed with the work: "Excellent writing in an attractive novel which uses all the gimmicks for modern reader success - an Italian setting, a court scene with a beautiful young woman on trial for murder, and intricately woven love affairs...The whole resolves itself fairly expectedly and tritely - but the intellectual arguments, convincing dialogue, emotional undertones, and competently wrought plot make it a very satisfying story."<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46074898 "Your Bookshelf" by Joyce Halstead, ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', 10 January 1962, p14]</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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* Dedication: For Hilda |
* Dedication: For Hilda |
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* Epigraph: Alta vendetta d'alto silenzio e figlia/ Noble vengeance is the daughter of deep silence./ (Alfieri: La Congiura de' Pazzi, Act 1. Sc. 1.) |
* Epigraph: Alta vendetta d'alto silenzio e figlia/ Noble vengeance is the daughter of deep silence./ (Alfieri: La Congiura de' Pazzi, Act 1. Sc. 1.) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 12:28, 16 August 2016
| Author | Morris West |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Heineman |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 274 pp |
| Preceded by | The Naked Country |
| Followed by | The Shoes of the Fisherman |
Daughter of Silence (1961) is a crime novel by Australian author Morris West.[1]
Plot outline
In mid-summer in a Tuscan village a twenty-four-year-old woman shoots the town's mayor dead in revenge for the death of her mother during the war. The subsequent trial brings out secrets both personal and political.
Critical reception
Joyce Halstead in The Australian Women's Weekly was impressed with the work: "Excellent writing in an attractive novel which uses all the gimmicks for modern reader success - an Italian setting, a court scene with a beautiful young woman on trial for murder, and intricately woven love affairs...The whole resolves itself fairly expectedly and tritely - but the intellectual arguments, convincing dialogue, emotional undertones, and competently wrought plot make it a very satisfying story."[2]
See also
Notes
- Dedication: For Hilda
- Epigraph: Alta vendetta d'alto silenzio e figlia/ Noble vengeance is the daughter of deep silence./ (Alfieri: La Congiura de' Pazzi, Act 1. Sc. 1.)