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Author | : Carl Nixon |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2010-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1869790936 |
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Much more than a murder mystery, this powerful novel is about coming of age and loss of innocence. The body of a teenage girl is found on the beach in the days leading up to Christmas, 1980. It’s an event that makes a huge impact on all those who live along Rocking Horse Road, which runs through the Spit, a long ‘finger of bone-dry sand’ between the ocean and the estuary. It’s an event that for one hot summer brings together a group of fifteen-year-old boys and then keeps them linked for the rest of their lives. Evolving from Nixon’s celebrated short story, this compelling novel shows New Zealand turning upon itself during the 1981 Springbok Tour. It examines how early events can influence the rest of our lives, and probes ideas of community, collective memory and story-telling.
Author | : Carl Nixon |
Publisher | : CulturBooks |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2013-10-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3944818032 |
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»Rocking Horse Road« stand 4 Monate auf der KrimiZEIT-Bestenliste. Am Strand einer schmalen Landzunge vor Christchurch wird 1980 die Leiche der 17jährigen Lucy Asher gefunden. In der Mitte dieser schmalen Landzunge vor Christchurch verläuft die Rocking Horse Road. Lucys Eltern haben ein Milchgeschäft an dieser Straße, und Lucy arbeitete oft dort, angeschwärmt von einer Gruppe 15jähriger Jungen. Lucy wurde erwürgt. Für die Jungen ist damit ihre Kindheit zu einem traumatischen Ende gekommen. Die Suche nach dem Mörder schweißt sie zusammen. Im Jahr nach dem Mord, 1981, touren die Springboks, das südafrikanische Rugby-Team, durch das Land. Protest gegen das Apartheidsregime erhebt sich. Es kommt zu gewalttätigen Zusammenstößen zwischen Demonstranten und der Polizei, zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Landes. Die Jungen sind Rugby-Fans und erleben das Geschehen hautnah mit: »Wir hatten das Gefühl, dass da vor unseren Augen etwas sehr Wichtiges zerbrach. Wir konnten es nicht benennen, es war etwas, das uns zuvor selbstverständlich gewesen war und das, wie wir instinktiv wussten, niemals würde repariert werden können.« Das Buch stand 4 Monate auf der KrimiZEIT-Bestenliste. »Carl Nixon ist mit der spröden Poesie von ›Rocking Horse Road‹ ein atmosphärisch dichtes Debut gelungen, eine intensive Milieustudie und ein Roman über das Ende der Kindheit. Stefan Weidle hat den Text sorgfältig ins Deutsche übertragen.« Deutschlandradio Kultur
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Release | : 2012 |
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ISBN | : 9783835375123 |
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Author | : Clarence Y. H. Lo |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2024-06-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520378504 |
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Clarence Lo's investigation of California's Proposition 13 and other tax reduction bills is both a tribute and a warning to people who get "mad as hell" and try to do something about being pushed around by government. Homeowners in California, faced with impossible property tax bills in the 1970s, got mad and pushed back, starting an avalanche that swept tax limitation measures into state after state. What we learn is that, although the property tax was slashed, two-thirds of the benefits went to business owners rather than homeowners. How did a crusade launched by homeowning consumers seeking tax relief end up as a pro-business, supply-side political program? To trace the transformation, Lo uses the firsthand recollections of 120 activists in the movement, going back to the 1950s. He shows how their protests were ignored until a suburban alliance of upper-middle-class property owners and business owners took charge. It was the program of that latter group, not the plight of the moderate-income homeowner, that inspired tax revolts across the nation and shaped the economic policies of the Reagan administration. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
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Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1981 |
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