Seven New Zealand Novellas

Sometimes you have to revisit your past to find your future.
Novellas — that midway point between short stories and novels — have a fine tradition in New Zealand writing, and several of our most important writers have done their best work in this genre. This anthology groups seven of the top writers to form a concentrated introduction to fiction in this country. The seven novellas span a period of over 80 years, from the expatriate modernism of Mansfield at the start of the twentieth century to the internationalised writing styles of the 1990 Katherine Mansfield, Prelude Frank Sargeson, That Summer Maurice Duggan, O'Leary's Orchard Patricia Grace, Valley Albert Wendt, Flying-fox in a Freedom Tree Peter Wells, Memory and Desire Elizabeth Knox, Pomare The Editor Dr Peter Simpson is one of New Zealand’s leading literary and art critics. He has written books on Ronald Hugh Morrieson and Colin McCahon, and many articles on New Zealand literature and painting, and has edited books on New Zealand and post-colonial literature. He is currently associate professor of English at the University of Auckland.

Please note this copy has a small neat inscription on an inside page and light fading on the spine.

ISBN: 9780790008967

Size: Trade Paperback, 359 pages

Publisher: Reed Publishing

Published: 2003