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''The Burnt Ones'' is a collection of eleven short stories by Australian writer Patrick White, first published by Eyre and Spottiswoode in 1964. Penguin Books published it in 1968 with reprints in 1972 and 1974. Each story in the collection, whose title refers to people burnt by society, has a reference to burning actually and in metaphor. Seven of the stories are set in Australia and four are set in Greece or concern Greek migrants. The suburb of Sarsaparilla, the setting for several stories, is like ''Our Town'' of Thornton Wilder, but with White's "beadily disapproving gaze".〔(Australian Attitudes, Charles Osborne, 1964 )〕 In White's first collection of a series of three, ''The Burnt Ones'' are haunted by feelings of isolation, intense self-examination, and an acute awareness of how they are different from others. The stories follow the theme of loneliness as do the second collection titled ''The Cockatoos'', and ''Three Uneasy Pieces'', his third and last collection.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Patrick White Criticism )〕 ==Title== The title comes from the Greek turn of phrase meaning, "the poor unfortunates" (οι καυμενοι (kaumenoi )), the burnt ones.〔Patrick White, ''The Burnt Ones'', Penguin (Australia), 1974 (before acknowledgements).〕 White plays on the literal meaning of the title by introducing the motif of burning in most of the stories through sun burn, fire, war, anger, burn-out or hurt to characterise his "elect", those burnt by society and by existence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Patrick White Criticism – Ingmar Björksten (essay Date 1976) )〕 The book is dedicated to the late author and historian Geoffrey Dutton and his wife, Nin. The fourth story, "Clay" is also for fellow Australians, satirist Barry Humphries and actress Zoe Caldwell (p 114). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Burnt Ones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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