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'''''Kundu''''' is a 1956 Australian novel by [[Morris West]]. It was one of West's first novels - the second published under his own name - and was reportedly written in only three weeks.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116424398 |title=WRITERS' WORLD |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=20 August 1983 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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It was reprinted paperback in 1978.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110916526 |title=The pick of Australian paperbacks in print |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=15 October 1978 |access-date=7 April 2020 |page=17 |via=Trove }} </ref> |
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==Premise== |
==Premise== |
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A story of people living in a village in the New Guinea highlands. They include the mysterious doctor Kurt Sonderfield, a former Nazi; a native girl N'Daria; a sorcerer called Kumo, an old French missionary Pere Louis; Sonderfield's wife Gerda; a coffee company agent, Theodore Nelson; Lee Curtis, the patrol officer; Oliver, the Assistant District Officer; and an anthropologist, Nelson. |
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A story of Europeans living in New Guinea. |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Pacific Islands Monthly'' called it "a sexy piece."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Pacific Island Monthly|title=Two Novels of Note identifier|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-333317771|page=97|date=August 1963}}</ref> |
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''The Bulletin'' said "Well written and swift-moving, with touches of interesting characterisation and much lurid lore of the country, the novel passes away an hour or so pleasantly enough; but by the adoption of these dime-novel plots Mr. West really removes his work from serious consideration."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Bulletin|page=59|date=June 5, 1957|title=New Guinea Novel |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-696532679 }}</ref> |
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*[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C252965 Kundu] at [[AustLit]] |
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Kundu is a 1956 Australian novel by Morris West. It was one of West's first novels - the second published under his own name - and was reportedly written in only three weeks.[1]
It was reprinted paperback in 1978.[2]
Premise
A story of people living in a village in the New Guinea highlands. They include the mysterious doctor Kurt Sonderfield, a former Nazi; a native girl N'Daria; a sorcerer called Kumo, an old French missionary Pere Louis; Sonderfield's wife Gerda; a coffee company agent, Theodore Nelson; Lee Curtis, the patrol officer; Oliver, the Assistant District Officer; and an anthropologist, Nelson.
Reception
The Pacific Islands Monthly called it "a sexy piece."[3]
The Bulletin said "Well written and swift-moving, with touches of interesting characterisation and much lurid lore of the country, the novel passes away an hour or so pleasantly enough; but by the adoption of these dime-novel plots Mr. West really removes his work from serious consideration."[4]
References
- ^ "WRITERS' WORLD". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 August 1983. p. 12. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "The pick of Australian paperbacks in print". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 October 1978. p. 17. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Two Novels of Note identifier". Pacific Island Monthly. August 1963. p. 97.
- ^ "New Guinea Novel". The Bulletin. June 5, 1957. p. 59.
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