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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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'''''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> A 1993 review of West's career said the novel was a "potboiler" redeemed by his descriptions of New Guinea.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|title=A master storyteller signs off|date= February 20, 1993|page=44|first=Mollie|last=Missen}}</ref>


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>
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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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>
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>


''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>
''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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Revision as of 09:50, 8 April 2020

Kundu
AuthorMorris West
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDell
Publication date
1956
Media typePrint

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] A 1993 review of West's career said the novel was a "potboiler" redeemed by his descriptions of New Guinea.[2]

It was reprinted paperback in 1978.[3]

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."[4]

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."[5]

References

  1. ^ "WRITERS' WORLD". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 August 1983. p. 12. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ Missen, Mollie (February 20, 1993). "A master storyteller signs off". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Two Novels of Note identifier". Pacific Island Monthly. August 1963. p. 97.
  5. ^ "New Guinea Novel". The Bulletin. June 5, 1957. p. 59.

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