"My Poor Country" - My Poor Country

Japanese: 《かわいそうな私の国》 - かわいそうなわたしのくに
"My Poor Country" - My Poor Country

...It can be said that this work marked the first time that Australian fiction broke free from the constraints of external realism. After publishing four more works, in 1975 he published the epic novel Poor Fellow My Country, which dealt with the same theme but on a larger scale against the backdrop of the international situation around the time of World War II, and caused a great sensation in Australia. In his later years, he wandered around the country writing novels, which became a kind of journey to his afterlife. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "My Poor Country" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この作品によってオーストラリア小説は初めて外面的リアリズムの制約から脱皮したといえる。その後4作を発表したあと,1975年に同じ主題を,第2次大戦前後の国際情勢を背景により大きなスケールで展開した超大河小説《かわいそうな私の国Poor Fellow My Country》として発表し,国内に大きな反響を呼んだ。晩年は長編を書きつつ国内を放浪しており,一種の死出の旅路となった。…

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