Creeks and kitchens : a childhood memoir / Maurice Gee.
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington, New Zealand :
Bridget Williams Books Ltd,
2014.
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| Series: | BWB texts
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| Summary: | "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"--Publisher information. |
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| Item Description: | Previously published as an ebook in 2013. |
| Physical Description: | 51 pages ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781927277430 |