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'A personal, inspirational and positive account of a 20th-century believer. Morris West, the author of The Shoes of a Fisherman, charts the struggles and ultimate acceptance of his religious faith.'(Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Julie and Elizabeth who were part of the untold story
  • Epigraph: In Him we live and move and have our being./The Acts of the Apostles, Chapter XVII, verse 28

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 1996 .
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      Extent: 142p.
      ISBN: 0732257573
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      Extent: 157p.
      ISBN: 0060690623
Alternative title: Desde la cumbre
Language: Spanish
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Into the Valley Morris West , 1996 extract autobiography (A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 October 1996; (p. rev 5)
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Works about this Work

Morris West Michael Wilding , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Wild about Books : Essays on Books and Writing 2019; (p. 72-78) 'The author of thirty books with international sales in excess of sixty million copies, Morris West was undoubtedly the most successful Australian novelist. Yet his work has received little serious, critical notice. In part this was due to academic prejudice against popular fiction. He also suffered from being labelled a Catholic novelist, as Judah Waten and Frank Hardy suffered from being labelled left-wing novelists. The chattering classes never warmed to him. The glitterati rejected him because he was a Roman Catholic and believed in God. The Catholics were unenthusiastic because of his self-appointed role as vocal critic of the church. The academics ignored him because in the years of his success fiction deemed to be commercial was not discussed in lit. crit. And since most of his fiction was set in Italy, the U.S.A. and Asia, rather than Australia, he tended to get ignored in the development of Australian Literature studies. His leaving his first marriage and leaving Australia provoked resentment in the media. In writing political thrillers about public issues, in maintaining an independent and uncompromising critical stance, he inevitably offended many powerful interest groups. His refusal to accept the offer of a formal political role from the Labor Party caused deep offence, as he recorded in his memoir, A View from the Ridge. Yet the critical industry has been able to accommodate other commercially successful writers, and other Catholic writers. West, however, was a consistently questioning, challenging, oppositional voice.   Conformist Catholics saw him as troublesome and critical, the left categorized him as Catholic and failed to read him. This was a mistake.' (Introduction)
Bodybuilding and Bodyscarring : Transforming the Male Body in Morris West Katherine Crawford , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 3 2002; (p. 123-136)
West, at 80, Still Revels in Life's Mysteries Terry O'Connor , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 November 1996; (p. 3)
The View West Andrew Bullen , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , December vol. 6 no. 10 1996; (p. 42-43)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
Taking a Spiritual Journey in the Shoes of the Pilgrim Andrew Rutherford , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 22 December 1996; (p. 6)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
West's Wisdom in Veritable Spades Edmund Campion , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 November vol. 116 no. 6046 1996; (p. 89)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
Reflection, West of Eden Michael McGirr , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 November 1996; (p. 8)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
An Unassuming Life Len Ward , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 November 1996; (p. C11)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
The Darker Side of Faith Explored Gerard Windsor , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 1996; (p. 12s)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
A Long, Calm Westerly Perspective Frank Devine , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 November-1 December 1996; (p. rev 9)
— Review of A View from the Ridge: The Testimony of a Pilgrim Morris West , 1996 single work autobiography
Bodybuilding and Bodyscarring : Transforming the Male Body in Morris West Katherine Crawford , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 3 2002; (p. 123-136)
West, at 80, Still Revels in Life's Mysteries Terry O'Connor , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 November 1996; (p. 3)
Memoir Records a Pilgrim's Progress Luke Slattery , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 October 1996; (p. 3)
Morris West Michael Wilding , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Wild about Books : Essays on Books and Writing 2019; (p. 72-78) 'The author of thirty books with international sales in excess of sixty million copies, Morris West was undoubtedly the most successful Australian novelist. Yet his work has received little serious, critical notice. In part this was due to academic prejudice against popular fiction. He also suffered from being labelled a Catholic novelist, as Judah Waten and Frank Hardy suffered from being labelled left-wing novelists. The chattering classes never warmed to him. The glitterati rejected him because he was a Roman Catholic and believed in God. The Catholics were unenthusiastic because of his self-appointed role as vocal critic of the church. The academics ignored him because in the years of his success fiction deemed to be commercial was not discussed in lit. crit. And since most of his fiction was set in Italy, the U.S.A. and Asia, rather than Australia, he tended to get ignored in the development of Australian Literature studies. His leaving his first marriage and leaving Australia provoked resentment in the media. In writing political thrillers about public issues, in maintaining an independent and uncompromising critical stance, he inevitably offended many powerful interest groups. His refusal to accept the offer of a formal political role from the Labor Party caused deep offence, as he recorded in his memoir, A View from the Ridge. Yet the critical industry has been able to accommodate other commercially successful writers, and other Catholic writers. West, however, was a consistently questioning, challenging, oppositional voice.   Conformist Catholics saw him as troublesome and critical, the left categorized him as Catholic and failed to read him. This was a mistake.' (Introduction)
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