Ebook: Letters of Frank Sargeson
Author: Sarah Shieff
- Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Sociology, Nonfiction, BIO007000, LCO015000, SOC026000
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand
- Language: English
- epub
A rich and riveting record of both literary and social value.Frank Sargeson is one of New Zealand's best-loved and most important writers. Besides the ground-breaking short stories, he wrote memoirs, novels, and plays. He encouraged at least three generations of younger writers and, for most of his adult life, the famous bach behind the hedge at 14 Esmonde Road was at the heart of New Zealand's artistic and literary world. Sargeson was also a prolific letter writer, and this selection of 500 of the most fascinating ranges over half a century, from 1927 to 1981. The letters are immensely readable, vividly capturing his life and times, his milieu and his personality. Frank loved gossip, could be bitchy and peevish, but also kind, affectionate, funny, ribald, astute. This collection, selected, edited and annotated by Sarah Shieff, is a document of extraordinary significance for all those interested in New Zealand's literary and social history.
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