Daughter of Silence
 First edition | |
| Author | Morris West |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 274 pp |
| Preceded by | The Naked Country |
| Followed by | The Shoes of the Fisherman |
Daughter of Silence (1961) is a crime novel by Australian author Morris West.[1]
Plot outline[]
In mid-summer in a Tuscan village a twenty-four-year-old woman shoots the town's mayor dead in revenge for the death of her mother during the war. The subsequent trial brings out secrets both personal and political.
Critical reception[]
Joyce Halstead in The Australian Women's Weekly was impressed with the work: "Excellent writing in an attractive novel which uses all the gimmicks for modern reader success - an Italian setting, a court scene with a beautiful young woman on trial for murder, and intricately woven love affairs...The whole resolves itself fairly expectedly and tritely - but the intellectual arguments, convincing dialogue, emotional undertones, and competently wrought plot make it a very satisfying story."[2] Was produced as a Broadway play in 1961. https://www.playbill.com/production/daughter-of-silence-music-box-theatre-vault-0000002628
See also[]
Notes[]
- Dedication: For Hilda
- Epigraph: Alta vendetta d'alto silenzio e figlia/ Noble vengeance is the daughter of deep silence./ (Alfieri: La Congiura de' Pazzi, Act 1. Sc. 1.)
References[]
- Australian crime novels
- 1961 Australian novels
- Works by Morris West