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Creeks and Kitchens: A Childhood Memoir

By Maurice , Gee

Book information

Publisher
Bridget Williams Books Limited
ISBN
9781927131770, 9781927131787, 9781927131794, 1927131774, 1927131782, 1927131790
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
267 kB (273746 bytes)
Series
BWB texts
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Maurice -- Childhood and youth;GeeMaurice;NovelistsNew Zealand -- 20th century -- BiographyNew Zealand--20th century;Biographies;GeeNew Zealand;NovelistsNovelists

Description

"Widely regarded as one of New Zealand's greatest fiction writers, Maurice Gee has written virtually no non-fiction. The exceptions are the two exquisite childhood reminiscences combined here into a memoir in this BWB Text. In this little known work, Gee describes in fascinating detail his boyhood and family life in West Auckland and offers illuminating insights into some of the creative forces which have driven some of his fiction: the creek with its dangers - where, he writes, he glimpsed 'sex and death' - the kitchen with his mother preparing dinner in the gathering dark, and his elderly uncle, later the model for the magnificent Plumb.BWB Texts offer a new form of reading for New Zealanders. Commissioned as short digital-only works, BWB Texts unlock diverse stories, insights and analysis from the best of our past, present and future New Zealand writing."--Publisher description.

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