| Description |
xi, 380 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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 -- 11. No More Illusions: Egypt and Italy, 1945-1946 -- 12. 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, I954-I963 -- 19. Left-wingers and Communists: Politics, Culture and Family, 1954-1963 -- 20. A Tremendous Relief: The Auckland University Māori Club, 1956-1963 -- 21. 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 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-366) and index |
| Subject |
Pearson, Bill, 1922-
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Authors, New Zealand -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
186940419X |
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9781869404192 |
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