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No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson
Paul Millar
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Description for No Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 705.
'There is no place in normal New Zealand society for the man who is different', wrote William Harrison (Bill) Pearson. One of New Zealand's most distinguished fiction writers and sharpest critics, Pearson's life was also fraught with contradiction and secrecy, largely because of his homosexuality. Born in a small town in 1922, he grew up in a society dominated by a rugged ideal of manhood; not easy for a sensitive boy who preferred intellectual pursuits to sports. He went to university and teachers' training college, then taught at the tiny Black-ball School, a period from which he drew the material ... Read more
'There is no place in normal New Zealand society for the man who is different', wrote William Harrison (Bill) Pearson. One of New Zealand's most distinguished fiction writers and sharpest critics, Pearson's life was also fraught with contradiction and secrecy, largely because of his homosexuality. Born in a small town in 1922, he grew up in a society dominated by a rugged ideal of manhood; not easy for a sensitive boy who preferred intellectual pursuits to sports. He went to university and teachers' training college, then taught at the tiny Black-ball School, a period from which he drew the material ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869404192
SKU
V9781869404192
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99-3
About Paul Millar
Dr Paul Millar teaches English at the University of Canterbury. An expert on poet James K Baxter, he has produced books and documentaries about Baxter and edited collctions of his poems. He wrote 68 author and subject entries for the Oxford Companion to NZ Literature. He was a judge in the 2004, and convening judge in the 2007, Montana NZ ... Read more
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