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No Fretful Sleeper : a Life of Bill Pearson.
Outlining the career of one of New Zealand's most distinguished fiction writers and sharpest critics, this fascinating narrative details the life and work of Bill Pearson. Beginning with his difficult childhood in a society dominated by the New Zealand working man, this gripping biography follo...
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Auckland University Press,
2010.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 : A Pattern of Mysterious Events and Places; 2 : A Strange Tribe: Family Life in Greymouth, 1913-1929; 3 : A Good Boy: Primary School Years, 1929-1933; 4 : A Solitary Boy: High School, 1934-1936; 5 : Toeing the Line: Greymouth 1936-1937; 6 : Three Things Happened: Greymouth, 1938; 7 : A Farewell to Childhood: Christchurch, 1939; 8 : Teachers' Training College: Dunedin, 1940-1941; 9 : A Lasting Impression: Blackball, 1942; 10 : A Chance to Get his Bearings: New Zealand and Fiji, 1942-1945. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11 : No More Illusions: Egypt and Italy, 1945-194612 : Living down his Past: Japan and New Zealand, 1946-1947; 13 : A Changed Man to a Changed New Zealand: Christchurch, 1947-1948; 14 : In Two Minds: Oxford, 1949; 15 : A Good Deal of Variety: London Activities, 1949-1954; 16 : Freedom from all the Kiwi Obsessions: Critical Writing and New Zealand Friends, 1949-1954; 17 : A Labour of Love: Writing Coal Flat in London, 1950-1954; 18 : A Demoralising Job: The University of Auckland English Department, 1954-1963; 19 : Left-wingers and Communists: Politics, Culture and Family, 1954-1963. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 20 : A Tremendous Relief: The Auckland University Māori Club, 1956-196321 : A Kind of Amputation: Publishing Coal Flat, 1954-1963; 22 : A Great Packet of Love: Frank Sargeson and London Leave, 1963-1965; 23 : A Rock against which I Could Sometimes Gash Myself: Auckland and Canberra, 1965-1970; 24 : Wearing Half his Heart on his Sleeve: 1970-1982; 25 : Sleep Easy, Bill, from this Retiring Day: 1982-2003; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; INDEX; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright. | |
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