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Anglický jazyk
The Making of a Good Man
Autor: Frank W. Travis
This is a simple story of a young man, Alex, born under poor
circumstances in a deprived area of Glasgow. Alex is conceived
during a one-day romantic encounter of his mother with an
American serviceman during...
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This is a simple story of a young man, Alex, born under poor
circumstances in a deprived area of Glasgow. Alex is conceived
during a one-day romantic encounter of his mother with an
American serviceman during World War II. He is placed in an
orphanage where, without the support of a loving family, he
becomes sullen and hostile. When he leaves school he gathers a
gang around him, which engages in increasingly more violent and
criminal activities: he becomes a thoroughly bad man.
He is forced to move on from place-to-place: first to Gourock on
the west coast, then down to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and then to
Singapore, where he enjoys life and becomes interested in Chinese
language and culture. Since leaving Glasgow he has steadily been
losing his earlier callous ways, but occasionally he regresses: he is
forced to move on yet again, this time to Hong Kong.
He meets a young woman in ill health in Hong Kong and gently
establishes a loving relationship with her. However, when the young
woman dies he is distressed and cannot bear to stay in Hong Kong
any longer. He returns to Scotland, a different man from when he
left: indeed, he is now a good man. The novel contains much detail
about China, Singapore and Hong Kong, and of the kind, friendly and
helpful nature of the Chinese.
- Vydavateľstvo: New Generation Publishing
- Rok vydania: 2012
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781909039926
