A Fish In the Swim of the World

Biography & Memoir, Literary, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book A Fish In the Swim of the World by Ben Brown, Penguin Random House New Zealand
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ben Brown ISBN: 9781869798864
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: RHNZ Adult ebooks Language: English
Author: Ben Brown
ISBN: 9781869798864
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand
Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: RHNZ Adult ebooks
Language: English

Afffecting, evocative memoir by one of New Zealand's finest Maori writers.'This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories-distorted by time and distance and a writer's choice of words.' In the debut memoir that kickstarted a writing career that has spawned 17 books, including many award-winners, Ben Brown writes of a quintessentially New Zealand way of living that may not change the world or even ripple its waters, but is replete with meaning. Gathered from the tobacco-green valleys of the Motueka River where he grew up during the 1960s and 1970s, Brown's memoir is rich with a sense of place, of family. The strands of his parents' lives reach from Outback Australia and the hardship years of the Great Depression and World War II, to the Waikato heart of the Kingitanga and a re-emergent people, to a time and place where 'tobacco was king' and a small farm by a river was the sum of all ambition. Each story, each portrait, resonates with the dignity, warmth and understated humour of a fine new poetic voice.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Afffecting, evocative memoir by one of New Zealand's finest Maori writers.'This is a book of memories. Some of them are my own. Some of them belong to others. They are as true and as fallible as any memories-distorted by time and distance and a writer's choice of words.' In the debut memoir that kickstarted a writing career that has spawned 17 books, including many award-winners, Ben Brown writes of a quintessentially New Zealand way of living that may not change the world or even ripple its waters, but is replete with meaning. Gathered from the tobacco-green valleys of the Motueka River where he grew up during the 1960s and 1970s, Brown's memoir is rich with a sense of place, of family. The strands of his parents' lives reach from Outback Australia and the hardship years of the Great Depression and World War II, to the Waikato heart of the Kingitanga and a re-emergent people, to a time and place where 'tobacco was king' and a small farm by a river was the sum of all ambition. Each story, each portrait, resonates with the dignity, warmth and understated humour of a fine new poetic voice.

More books from Penguin Random House New Zealand

Cover of the book Return for the Gold by Ben Brown
Cover of the book The Hiding Places by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Boy Overboard by Ben Brown
Cover of the book The Paua Tower by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Preservation by Ben Brown
Cover of the book In Touch With Grace by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Catching the Current by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Letters of Frank Sargeson by Ben Brown
Cover of the book The Warrior Queen by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Stories for 7 Year Olds by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Coming to Grief by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Belief by Ben Brown
Cover of the book High Street to Homestead by Ben Brown
Cover of the book What You Have by Ben Brown
Cover of the book Eye Surgeons And Surgery In New Zealand by Ben Brown
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy