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  Maurice Gee Criticism
Maurice Gee's last novel, Plumb, was the story of a New Zealand Presbyterian minister who preached pacifism and socialism, left the church, and was sent to prison for sedition.
Gee discloses that much of the early life of Plumb and his wife is based on the lives of his grandparents.
Maurice Gee's skill is confirmed in Meg, whose story of a family with more than its fair share of misfits, lechers and drunks would be the stuff of soap operas in the hands of a lesser writer.
www.bookrags.com /criticisms/Maurice_Gee   (790 words)

  
 Maurice Gee | Icon Artist 2003
Maurice Gee was born in Whakatane in 1931 and passed much of his childhood in the country town of Henderson-a town that finds many fictional equivalents in his writing.
Gee gained an MA in English Literature in 1954 and initially worked as a schoolteacher in Paeroa, but found little to enjoy in the profession.
Gee's literary breakthrough came with the publication of "the trilogy".
www.artsfoundation.org.nz /maurice_gee.html   (364 words)

  
 Bee Gees World: Maurice Gibb Funeral
The Bee Gees, short for the Brothers Gibb, were a falsetto-voiced disco sensation during the 1970s, with a string of hits from the movie "Saturday Night Fever," including "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever." Their contributions to the album in 1977 made it the best-selling movie soundtrack ever, with more than 40 million copies sold.
Maurice's twin brother, Robin, his widow Yvonne, and children Adam and Samantha, who are in their 20s, were among mourners at the private funeral at Riverside Funeral Chapel in Miami Beach.
Maurice Gibb, 53, was taken ill at his Miami Beach home last week and rushed to a hospital, where he suffered cardiac arrest before undergoing surgery for a blocked intestine.
www.beegees-world.com /mauricegibb_funeral.html   (4251 words)

  
 Genealogy of the Gee family
Gee is about 47 years of age, five feet nine inches in height, well built though rather slight, with brown hair largely sprinkled with gray, gray mustache and goatee, blue eyes, aquiline nose, with an intelligent and rather anxious expression.
Gee was intent on household cares in her kitchen, when she was startled by the entrance of an armed Negro in British uniform, who ordered to cook breakfast for him.
Gee was raided by a band of Tories, having with them a squad of Whig prisoners, and they commanded her to prepare dinner for them.
www2.arkansas.net /~mgee/genealo.html   (4375 words)

  
 The Scornful Moon by Maurice Gee, reviews, links and opinions, book club reading suggestions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Maurice Gee proves yet again what a skilful wordsmith he is with this, his fifteenth novel.
Maurice Gee chooses to tell this story of family feuds and scandal, through the jaded voice of Sam.
It is all of those things that have been praised about Gee in the past - he recreates a New Zealand society with accuracy and atmosphere, his characters have depth and complexity, his use of language is profound but understated.
www.book-club.co.nz /books03/10scornfulmoon.htm   (877 words)

  
 Maurice Gee: Our Superb Storyteller
Gee himself doesn't write poetry—“not since I was about 16”—and there are no “Rex Petley” poems quoted in Going West, but Gee's language in Going West, as in all his novels, is poetic in its stylishness, its easy and sophisticated shifts between different tones and points of view.
Gee likes living and writing here, and plans to stay, though he would like to move a little closer to town—to Wadestown or Kelburn: “I'd like to be able to walk to town, it's a bit far from Ngaio.
Gee's dedication to his writing over the past three decades has resembled the commitment that some of his characters show to their own work, to their relationships and to their friendships.
andrewjohnston.org /gee.htm   (1995 words)

  
 Maurice Gee - Penguin Books Authors - Penguin Books
Maurice Gee is acknowledged as one of New Zealand’s finest fiction writers and has won more book awards than any other New Zealand writer, in both adult and children’s fiction.
Maurice Gee's novels include the three books in the Plumb trilogy, Going West (winner of the Wattie award), Prowlers, Live Bodies (winner of the Montana Award) and Ellie and the Shadow Man.
Maurice lives in Wellington with his wife Margareta and they have two daughters and a son.
www.penguin.ca /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000004544,00.html   (223 words)

  
 Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee, born August 22, 1931 in Whakatane[?], New Zealand, is one of New Zealand's most distinguished novelists.
He was brought up in Auckland and now lives in Karori[?], a suburb of Wellington, which features in Katherine Mansfield's stories.
More information about Maurice Gee's life and works is available at New Zealand Book Council (http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/writers/geem.htm)
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Maurice_Gee.html   (149 words)

  
 Honorary Doctorate for Maurice Gee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Although Maurice Gee is best known as a novelist — his major works include the trilogy of Plumb, Meg and Sole Survivor, Prowlers, and Going West — he is also a distinguished writer of short stories and a much-loved writer of children's fiction such as Under the Mountain and The Fat Man.
Maurice Gee was among ten of New Zealand’s greatest living artists named as Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists at a ceremony in 2003.
Maurice Gee already holds a University of Auckland degree, having gained his MA in English there in 1954.
www.bookcouncil.org.nz /new/archive/20040623-geedoctorate.html   (417 words)

  
 Maurice Gee - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library
'Maurice Gee: ironies of growth and judgement.' Islands 8: 268-81; Oct 1980 (pt.I); 8: 136-60; June 1981 (pt.II).
'Maurice Gee: a bibliography.' Australian and New Zealand Studies in Canada 3: 36-42; Spring 1990.
Maurice Gee in the 1990s.' Span 42/43: 30-41; Apr/Oct 1996.
www.library.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/nzp/nzlit2/gee.htm   (2103 words)

  
 The Fat Man - Maurice Gee - Penguin Group (New Zealand)
'Gee's style is immaculate and his characters are convincingly drawn...
'It is written with Maurice Gee's usual skill and will keep you on the edge of your seat (biting your fingernails as well) until you reach the last page.' Jabberwocky, November 1994.
As a thriller, the story is convincingly taut; as a study in cruelty, sickeningly suggestive...
www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141310176,00.html   (279 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb dies - Jan. 13, 2003
Maurice played bass and keyboard for the group, whose name is short for the Brothers Gibb.
The Bee Gees -- Maurice, Robin and their older brother Barry -- have lived in South Florida since the late 1970s.
Known for their close harmonies and original sound, the Bee Gees are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and their 1977 contributions to the "Saturday Night Fever" album made it one of the best selling movie soundtracks ever.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/12/bee.gee/index.html   (471 words)

  
 Bee Gee member Maurice Gibb just passed away. - The Shania Forums
He told the BBC that Maurice's death had "decimated" the lives of his wife Yvonne, and their two children, Adam and Samantha, who are in their 20s.
Maurice, who always wore a hat and an Alcoholics Anonymous lapel badge, was the most outgoing member of the Bee Gees.
Maurice became a heavy drinker, and briefly dabbled in cocaine.
www.shaniaforums.com /showthread.php?t=17010   (1206 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Scornful Moon: Books: Maurice Gee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But in reality it is, as with almost all of Gee's work, an examination of one man's life through his own (not always complimentary) first-person voice.
Moving, intense, sad and uplifting at once, it is not a difficult or lengthy book: good for reading by the fire with a glass of port, and plenty of time to have a long, hard ponder afterwards.
As ever, Gee surprises with the depth of thematic expression and emotional intensity he can wring out of such seemingly innocuous, domestic, everyday stuff.
www.amazon.co.uk /Scornful-Moon-Maurice-Gee/dp/0143018752   (282 words)

  
 Discussion questions for The Scornful Moon by Maurice Gee,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Maurice Gee uses the character of Sam as an 'unreliable narrator' - we see the story through his eyes, but his vision is limited.
CK Stead has described Maurice Gee as a moralist.
Various reviewers have praised Maurice Gee for his accurate depiction of a New Zealand time and place.
www.book-club.co.nz /books03/discussions/10scornfulmoon.htm   (387 words)

  
 Thomas Maurice (Maurice) GEE
Maurice attended L'ton Church Grammar School, and rowed in the school team.
Maurice was a messenger boy at Genders, and he then went to work at the ES and A (now ANZ) Bank where he did book work- Maurice was very good at maths etc. The bank would call him in when they needed him.
Maurice was very well read, and had a large collection of National Geographic magazines and other books.
www.comp.utas.edu.au /users/rsmith/hardman/ps17/ps17_141.html   (177 words)

  
 Bee Gee Maurice Gibb dies - smh.com.au
Bee Gee Maurice Gibb died in hospital today, his family said.
A statement released by his family said: "It is with great sadness and sorrow that we regretfully announce the passing of Maurice Gibb this morning.
As a member of the Bee Gees, Maurice Gibb had been one of the best-known faces in show business for the past four decades.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/12/1041990176931.html   (411 words)

  
 Gee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gee is a surname, with the letter g soft, and may refer to
Acceleration due to gravity, denoted g and pronounced 'gee', used as a non-SI unit of acceleration
gee, a slang term, esp. in Ireland, for vagina
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gee   (110 words)

  
 Ellie and the Shadow Man - Maurice Gee : Gifts New Zealand - NZ Shop : Books, Magazines & Calendars - Fiction & ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This superb new novel from the bestselling Maurice Gee is the story of Ellie.
It is a story in five parts, each languishing on a significant period of her life.
Gee's new novel contains elements of his earlier book Loving Ways and also The Burning Boy, in its location in Nelson and Golden Bay.
www.shopnewzealand.co.nz /en/cp/Ellie_and_the_Shadow_Man_Maurice_Gee   (258 words)

  
 Maurice Gee - BA, MA, DLitt - Prospective Students - The University of Auckland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Maurice Gee - BA, MA, DLitt - Prospective Students - The University of Auckland
Maurice is one of New Zealand's most prolific and influential novelists.
Maurice received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1998, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature in 2004.
www.auckland.ac.nz /uoa/for/prospective/learning/alumni/maurice_gee.cfm   (125 words)

  
 Gee, Maurice Gough - MSN Encarta
Gee, Maurice Gough (1931- ), New Zealand novelist, children's writer, and script-writer.
Born in Whakatane in 1931, Gee graduated from the University...
New Zealand Writers: Gee, Maurice [New Zealand Book Council]
uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_781530886/Gee_Maurice_Gough.html   (48 words)

  
 My Wellington | Media Studies | Victoria University Of Wellington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wellington-based writer Maurice Gee is not in the business of giving interviews these days, so when asked if he’d like to contribute to My Wellington his enthusiasm was not exactly overwhelming.
Taking Maurice’s advice I had a closer look at his 1994 novel Crime Story.
The cable car went down, the wires hummed, and the city said that it was alive.
www.vuw.ac.nz /mywellington/people-city/MauriceGee.htm   (111 words)

  
 Maurice Gee Summary
Award-winning fiction author Maurice Gee is, according to a contributor to The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, "one of New Zealand's most distinguished novelists." Though not all of his books have been published in the United States, a repres...
Life He was brought up in Auckland and now lives in Karori, a suburb of Wellington, which features in Katherine Mansfield 's stories.
Get the complete Maurice Gee Summary Pack, which includes everything on this page.
www.bookrags.com /Maurice_Gee   (357 words)

  
 ACHOCKABLOG: Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee - the man in a grey cardy - 29 Jul 2006 - Lifestyle & Leisure
Because of that anonymity, he seems to require some context.
We are in the children's section which is fine with Gee, who says his children's books "do better than the adult books, actually".
www.achuka.co.uk /achockablog/archives/002679.html   (79 words)

  
 dadashopping - Dickensian grotesque in Maurice Gee's "The Fat Man"
There is an undeniable presence of Charles Dickens lurking in the folds and creases of Maurice Gee’s fiction, trapped like sweat in a fat man’s blubber.
Gee, in turn, wishes to enlighten both adults and children through his use of Dickens.
In an interview with Judith Holloway, Gee says: “I remember bullying in the playground and I remember incidents with our school fat boy.
www.dadashopping.net /work.php?code=dickensian_grotesque   (2239 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Maurice Gee: Books: Bill Manhire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In this biography of the eminent New Zealand author Maurice Gee, Manhire traces a career that has included major literary awards as well as a popular television serial of Gee's Under the Mountain.
Among Gee's other works are a trilogy for children, which includes The Halfmen of O, the 1983 New
As part of a series on New Zealand writers, this volume contributes to the growing interest in this vital new literary movement.
www.amazon.ca /Maurice-Gee-Bill-Manhire/dp/0195581245   (158 words)

  
 Maurice Gee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Maurice Gee is an acclaimed novelist from New Zealand.
His books are frequent bestsellers in his homeland.
One, The Halfman of O, was the winner of the New Zealand Children’s Book of the Year Award, and Under the Mountain was a popular television serial.
www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=570   (44 words)

  
 Original Content: Maurice Gee
Someone at child_lit let the rest of us know that Maurice Gee has won a major award in his native country, New Zealand.
I am a big fan of one of Gee's earlier books, The Fat Man.
It's a Depression-era story that came out a few years before Out of the Dust, which I didn't care for nearly as much.
www.gailgauthier.com /2006/07/maurice-gee.htm   (224 words)

  
 Maurice Gee | NZETC
"A Straight Steal": "An Affair of the Heart" and Maurice Gee's The Fat Man
A review of Downstage Upfront: The first 40 years of New Zealand’s longest-running professional theatre
Maurice Gee — From The Burning Boy Chapter One
www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/name-202059.html   (100 words)

  
 Maurice Gee Teacher Resource File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Internet School Library Media Center Maurice Gee page.
Be sure to visit your school or public library to find books by your favorite authors.
Year 9 -10; uses any of Gee's science fiction books for teens
falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/gee.htm   (56 words)

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