Man Alone. Poem by Michael Walker
Man Alone.
New Zealand's best novel is, I think, John Mulgan's 'Man Alone'
which still speaks to us, as there are many rugged types around
like Johnson, the hero, a 1930s itinerant farm worker & survivor.
I taught the novel long ago but I have never lost the plot.
- May,2014.
John Mulgan (1911-1945)was a New Zealand student who went to Merton College, Oxford, and fought with the British in World War II, in Egypt and Greece. Near the end of the war, back in Cairo, John Mulgan committed suicide.
Wishing you A Very Happy New Year 2019. Thanks for sharing your impressions about John Mulgan and his novel 'Man Alone'. In one of your earlier poems too you have put across the gist of the novel's plot. I can say it with confidence that some books become a part of our life. Thanks for sharing this piece of work about 'Man Alone' and its author.
Thanks for noticing the two versions. I went back to the original one. Best wishes for this New Year.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 6:03:02 AM # 1.0.0.1119
John Mulgan's 'Man Alone is the best novel of New Zealand. You have remembered the plot of this and writing this poem you have memorized the novel A beautiful and thoughtful sharing is done here...10
Thanks for your astute perception. ' Losing the plot can also mean, metaphorically, to make mistakes, to go wrong.