House At Karamu

Informationen zum Autor Beryl Fletcher is the author of The Bloodwood Clan , The Iron Mouth , The Silicon Tongue , and The Word Burners . She is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. She is a former writer-in-residence at Waikato University. Klappentext The experience of growing up in a poverty-stricken! working-class neighborhood in New Zealand begins this insightful memoir of one woman's life as she struggles to maintain dignity and develop her voice as a writer. A few months spent in an old kauri villa during childhood provide an opportunity for reading books by candlelight and listening to the call of the moreporks. A father whose leftist sensibilities offer a vision of a better world is among the characters who figure prominently in the narrative. A writer's eye for detail makes this memoir a moving and beautiful story. Zusammenfassung A funny, touching memoir of writer Beryl Fletcher's life. Beginning with a childhood in wartime New Zealand and covering a move to Australia, living in Kings Cross and later, rural New South Wales and Beryl's growing feminist consciousness.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Berly Fletcher, Berly Fletcher, Beryl Fletcher, Fletcher Beryl
• Editore: Spinifex Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.08.2003
• EAN: 9781876756352
• ISBN: 978-1-876756-35-2
• Pagine: 437
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese