Letters, Issue 22, March 1996 Not a bowdler I thank Vincent O’Sullivan for his long and thoughtful review of Frank Sargeson: A Life (New Zealand Books, December 1995). I would like to make the following comments, however. I certainly did…
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Issue 22 | March 1996
Imaginary worlds, David Mackay and Lydia Wevers
The Southern Land, Known Gabriel de Foigny, David Fausett (trans and ed) Syracuse University Press, no price given ISBN 08156 25715 Writing the New World. Imaginary Voyages and Utopias of the Great Southern Land David Fausett Syracuse University Press, no…
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Tagged with: David Fausett, David Mackay, Gabriel de Foigny, Issue 22, Lydia Wevers, Syracuse University Press
Posted in Fiction, Review
Posted in Fiction, Review
The way it was and isn’t, Colin James
All Honourable Men: Inside the Muldoon cabinet 1975‑1984 Hugh Templeton Auckland University Press, $39.95 ISBN 186940128X Goodbye to All That Bryan Gould Macmillan, £16.99 ISBN 033363800X I’ve Been Thinking Richard Prebble Seaview, $19.95 ISBN 1869581709 “A prudent punter would conclude…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bryan Gould, Hugh Templeton, Issue 22, Macmillan, Richard Prebble, Seaview
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
After the world had changed, Gary Hawke
The Great Experiment: Labour Parties and Public Policy Transformation in Australia and New Zealand Francis Castles, Rolf Gerritsen and Jack Vowles (eds) Auckland University Press, $39.95 ISBN 1869401344 The New Zealand Experiment Jane Kelsey Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books, $39.95…
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Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bridget Williams Books, Francis Castles, Gary Hawke, Issue 22, Jack Vowles, Jane Kelsey, Rolf Gerritsen
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Putting it all behind them, Christopher Pugsley
Dark Laughter: War in Song and Popular Culture Les Cleveland Praeger, US$49.95 ISBN 0275947645 Silent Casualties: New Zealand’s Unspoken Legacy of the Second World War Alison Parr Tandem Press, $29.95 ISBN 0908884672 Whistle As You Go: The Story of the…
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Tagged with: Alison Parr, Christopher Pugsley, Issue 22, Les Cleveland, Praeger, Random House, Tandem Press, Terry Vaughan
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Making their marx? Piet de Jong
Putting our Town on the Map: Local Claims to Fame in New Zealand Claudia Bell and John Loyal HarperCollins, $39.95 ISBN 1869501837 What a great subject for a book: a breezy study of the marketing campaigns, slogans, symbols and signs…
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Tagged with: Claudia Bell, HarperCollins, Issue 22, John Loyal, Piet de Jong
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Hyde and seeking China, Diana Bridge
New Zealand Women in China Tom Newnham Graphic Publications, $19.95 ISBN 0473030055 The title of Tom Newnham’s book, New Zealand Women in China, comes in the colours of the Chinese flag. The subtext is provided by Rewi Alley: “Unsung Kiwi…
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Tagged with: Diana Bridge, Graphic Publications, Issue 22, Tom Newnham
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Jane Stafford: Who we are not like
(Writers and Readers Week) It is an assumption behind the existence of New Zealand Books that culture is self‑contained and self‑defining. Consequently, the logic goes, a journal devoted to reviewing books produced here will be coherent and make sense. This…
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