Daughter of Silence
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Author | Morris West |
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Language | English |
Genre | Crime fiction |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1961 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | |
Pages | 274 pp |
Preceded by | The Naked Country |
Followed by | The Shoes of the Fisherman |
Daughter of Silence (1961) is a crime novel by Australian author Morris West.[1]
Plot outline
In mid-summer in a Tuscan village a twenty-four-year-old woman shoots the town's mayor dead in revenge for the death of her mother during the war. The subsequent trial brings out secrets both personal and political.
Critical reception
Joyce Halstead in The Australian Women's Weekly was impressed with the work: "Excellent writing in an attractive novel which uses all the gimmicks for modern reader success - an Italian setting, a court scene with a beautiful young woman on trial for murder, and intricately woven love affairs...The whole resolves itself fairly expectedly and tritely - but the intellectual arguments, convincing dialogue, emotional undertones, and competently wrought plot make it a very satisfying story."[2]
Broadway play
Daughter of Silence | |
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Written by | Morris West |
Based on | Daughter of Silence by Morris West |
Date premiered | November 30, 1961 (1961-11-30) |
Daughter of Silence was adapted as a Broadway play in 1961 with Janet Margolin who received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[3]
This play was performed at the Music Box Theatre, New York, in September 1961. It was directed by Vincent J. Donehue. It ran for 36 performances.[4]
See also
- 1961 in Australian literature
Notes
- Dedication: For Hilda
- Epigraph: Alta vendetta d'alto silenzio e figlia/ Noble vengeance is the daughter of deep silence./ (Alfieri: La Congiura de' Pazzi, Act 1. Sc. 1.)
References
- ^ Austlit - Daughter of Silence by Morris West
- ^ "Your Bookshelf" by Joyce Halstead, The Australian Women's Weekly, 10 January 1962, p14
- ^ Daughter of Silence at Playbill
- ^ A Letter from New York: The Current Theatrical Season Miguel A. Bernad Philippine Studies Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 1962), pp. 304-312 (9 pages)
External links
- Daughter of Silence at Ausstage
- Daughter of Silence at IBDB
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