Ruth Park Knihy

Australská spisovatelka Ruth Parková nejen děti dobře zná, ale má pro ně i plné pochopení. Proto také ví, co asi se odehrává v desetileté Lyn Kirkové, když se její rodiče znenadání rozejdou. Lyn se sice přizpůsobí novému životu s maminkou v nádherném věžáku uprostřed staré čtvrti Sydney, s radostí se přehrabuje ve starodávných tretkách maminčina obchůdku Stračí hnízdo, ale proti otci se zatvrdí natolik, že i jméno, jímž ji oslovoval, si změní na čarodějně znějící Abigail. Když pak za čtyři roky rodiče poznají svůj omyl a chtějí se k sobě opět vrátit, nese to jako dvojí zradu. Abigail ze svého prázdného domova často zajde na návštěvu k sousedce a s jejími malými dětmi chodívá na hřiště. Při strašidelné hře na Betsy Bowovou si všimne podivné holčičky, bosé a téměř dohola ostříhané, a ta ji zavede do neuvěřitelného dobrodružství. Najednou se ocitá v 70. letech předminulého století.

A great Australian novel. A landmark theatre event. A portrait of Sydney as it once was. The Harp in the South Trilogy follows the trials and tribulations of the Darcy family over thirty years, from country New South Wales in the 1920s to the inner-city slums of Surry Hills in the 1950s. The beating heart of this exuberant play is its carousel of characters. From hard-boozing Hugh Darcy and his long-suffering Missus Margaret, to their children, sensitive and romantic Roie, smart and sassy Dolour, and poor little Thady who ran out onto the overcrowded road and has been trying to find his way home ever since. Along the way theres the Chinese greengrocer Lick Jimmy, who tempts Dolour with his poor mans oranges, no-nonsense brothel madam Delie Stock, who tempts everyone with her girls, and handsome young Charlie Rothe, who tempts Roie with the promise of a better life. Kate Mulvany brings her trademark humour and tenderness to bear on Ruth Parks much-loved novels in this epic adaptation. Join the Darcy family as they journey through laughter and tragedy, booze and blood, poverty and cruelty, but most of all love.

Ruth Park’s Miles Franklin-winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression. Growing up in an Australian country town before World War I, Jackie Hanna and Cushie Moy are carefree and innocent in their love for each other. But Jackie is a dwarf, and his devotion to the beautiful Cushie is condemned by her parents. This is the story of their lifelong odyssey, and of the triumph of a special kind of courage. Written with warmth and affection, Swords and Crowns and Rings is a powerful story about human nature and the strength of an unlikely love. Ruth Park brilliantly captures the mood of Australia in the first part of the twentieth century.

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.' Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.

A reprint of this favourite classic. The best of friends, a wombat, cat, and mouse, survive stories

Combines in one edition four stories featuring one of Australia's most adored children's book characters of all time.

Voller Sehnsucht denken die Schwestern Erika und Siw an die kleine Insel im Pazifik, auf der sie geboren sind. Doch als die beiden dorthin zurückkehren, müssen sie erkennen, dass ihr Inselparadies bedroht ist. Die geheimnisvolle Geschichte zweier Mädchen vor dem exotischen Hintergrund Polynesiens mit seinen Mythen. Und ein bewegender Roman über die Folgen der Umweltzerstörung.

Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy. Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back to the colourful slums of Sydney with convincing depth, careful detail and great heart.