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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. When asked why so many of his stories deal ...
First published January 1, 1975. Book details & editions. About the author. Maurice Gee. 55 books93 followers. One of New Zealand’s most distinguished novelists, born in Whakatane, passed much of his childhood in the country town of Henderson (now contained by Auckland’s urban sprawl), and this background plays a major role in his fiction.
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The Big Season,Hutchinson (London, England), 1962. A Special Flower,Hutchinson (London, England), 1965. In My Father's Den,Faber & Faber (London, England), 1972. Games of Choice,Faber & Faber (London, England), 1976. Plumb(first book in a trilogy), Faber & Faber (London, England), 1978. Meg (second book in a trilogy), Faber & Faber (London, England...
Under the Mountain, Oxford UniversityPress (New York, NY), 1979. The World around the Corner, illustrated by Gary Hebley, Oxford UniversityPress (Wellington, New Zealand), 1980, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1981. The Halfmen of O(first book in "O" trilogy), Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1982. The Priests of Ferris(second book i...
A Glorious Morning, Comrade(short stories), Auckland University Press/Oxford University Press (Auckland, New Zealand), 1975. Nelson Central School: A History,Nelson Central School Centennial Committee (Nelson, New Zealand), 1978. Collected Short Stories,Penguin (London, England), 1986, Penguin (New York, NY), 1997. Also author of scripts for televi...
After gaining certification from Auckland Teachers’ College (1954), Gee worked from 1955 to 1965 teaching, taking odd jobs, and publishing short stories. He completed a course at the New Zealand Library School in 1966 and spent the ensuing 10 years as a librarian. In 1978 he began to write full-time.
Maurice Gee was once described by Britain’s Sunday Times as ‘one of the finest writers at work, not only in New Zealand…but in the English-speaking world.’ 1. Maurice Gee, 1960. Marti Friedlander. Courtesy NZ Book Council. Born in Whakatane in 1931, Gee was the middle son of three boys.
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.
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 ...