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A GLORIOUS MORNING, COMRADE by Maurice Gee, 1975 The last four stories in Maurice Gee's collection A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975) concern old men. All of them are Gee's attempts to portray his own grandfather, a charismatic figure he finally captured in the novel Plumb, the first of a trilogy.
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Maurice Gee is an award-winning author of fiction for both children and adults. His writings reflect a strong sense of New Zealand life, providing insight into his country's politics and ideals. He was little recognized outside of his native country until the publication of his novel Plumb, which won the 1978 James Tait Black Memorial Award. Gee's ...
Childhood in New ZealandGee was born in 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand. He grew up in the small town of Henderson, outside of Auckland. Gee was to use the simple town's environment for the setting of most of his future stories and novels. Gee was educated at Henderson School, a public institution that also finds it way into many of his stories. Fro...
Gee's stories are often set in fictionalized versions of his childhood hometown and the surrounding area, giving his stories a distinctive sense of place. The influence of Henderson and Henderson Creek have especially influenced Gee's novels, which are set in New Zealand's past and through close observation chronicle how his country's politics and ...
Science fiction also held appeal for Gee. His interest in writing fantasy science fiction began when he borrowed a book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960), from a friend. His first effort in the genre is Under the Mountain(1979), the creepy tale of giant alien worms that live under an Auckland volcano and plan to turn Earth into a giant mud ball...
Gee has been widely praised for his keen depictions of past and present New Zealand landscapes and societies as well as for his compelling, well-rounded protagonists and supporting characters. Fellow realist Maurice Shadbolt has praised Gee's work for the way in which it captures the “sight and sensation” of life in contemporary New Zealand. “Each ...
Read Gee's book Salt. Write a review on the book, explaining the symbolism of the fantasy world and its inhabitants.Research realism and critical realism as literary genres in order to come up with a working definition. In your definition, consider the following points: What are the characteristics of realism? W...Use the Internetor library and investigate New Zealand—its history, geography, culture, and people. In a small group, discuss how knowing more about New Zealand helps readers understand a Gee work.Books
Robinson, Roger and Nelson Wattie. The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford UniversityPress, 1999.
Periodicals
Bennett, David. Review of The Priests of Ferris. Books for Keeps(November 1987): 23. Crouch, Marcus. Review of The Priests of Ferris. Junior Bookshelf(December 1985): 276. Ficociello, Tony. Review of The Halfmen of O. School Library Journal(September 1983): 134. Hanley, Karen Stang. Review of The Halfmen of O.Booklist(July 1983): 1400.
Web Sites
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Maurice Gee, Writer. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from http://www.artsfoundation.org.nz/maurice_gee.html. New Zealand Book Council. New Zealand Writers: Gee, Maurice. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/geem.html. The Wee Web Authors and Illustrators Archive. Maurice Gee. Retrieved March 31, 2008, from http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=891.
His first novel, The Big Season (1962), about the goings-on in a community obsessed with rugby, and his short-story collection A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975), are set in this milieu. The novel In My Father’s Den (1972; film 2004 ) explores New Zealand social mores by way of the childhood reminisces of a teacher in the wake of the murder ...
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It was followed by the collection A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975), though many of these eleven short stories had been written before the novels and could be viewed as apprentice work. Nonetheless, they are carefully crafted.
At this point in his life, Gee had already published a few short stories and novels for adults, but his literary career really took off after he quit the library in 1976 to write full time. Gee first began publishing stories in the mid-1950s, and even though this period marked an apprenticeship for the writer, his short tales still "rank among ...
In Maurice Gee …rugby, and his short-story collection A Glorious Morning, Comrade (1975), are set in this milieu. The novel In My Father’s Den (1972; film 2004) explores New Zealand social mores by way of the childhood reminisces of a teacher in the wake of the murder of one of his students.
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Gee wrote on through the decades, gifting us Going West, Crime Story, Ellie and the Shadow Man, Blindsight and finally, in 2009, Access Road. Hearing it was to be his last novel felt like bereavement: sadness tinged with the tiniest flutter of relief that the itching and scratching might be over.
