The Fatal Shore

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert Hughes 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 2003-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780099448549
• 定价 146.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 720页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1787,thetwenty-eighthyearofthereignofKingGeorgeIII,theBritishGovernmentsentafleettocolonizeAustralia-Anepicdescriptionofthebrutaltransportationofmen,womenandchildrenoutofGeorgianBritainintoahorrificpenalsystemwhichwastobetheprecursortotheGulagandwastheoriginofAustralia.TheFatalShoreistheprize-winning,scholarly,brilliantlyentertainingnarrativethathasgivenitstruehistorytoAustralia.(20021018)

【作者简介】

RobertHughes,artcriticofTimemagazineandtwicewinneroftheAmericanCollegeArtAssociation'sF.J.MatherAwardfordistinguishedcriticism,isauthorofTheShockoftheNew,andofHeavenandHellinWesternArt,bothwrittenbeforethepresentwork.HeisalsoauthoroftheacclaimedNothingifNotCritical,"criticismatitsmostintelligentandimpressive,trenchant,lucid,elegantlywritten-"inthewordsofWilliamBoyd;aworkonFrankAuerbach;Barcelona,andCultureofComplaint,essaysonthefrayingofAmerica,describedintheObserveras"themostbracingofcriticalbroadsidesagainstnewanti-intellectualtyrannies".(20021018)