Frank Sargeson: A Life. Hardback 1995 1st edition

Frank Sargeson: A Life

Hardback, inscription inside, pages tanned, dust jacket minor shelf wear, 480 pages

Published by Viking, 1995 1st edition ISBN: 0670838470

A major New Zealand writer, Sargeson turned New Zealand writing in new directions from the 1930s onward. He led an "uncompromising, colourful life as a fulltime writer, often poverty stricken, and supported younger writers such as Janet Frame and C K Stead." He was also homosexual in a time when this was less accepted, and this effected his life and writing profoundly. This edition Out of Print. Frank Sargeson was the first major New Zealand writer to remain in New Zealand. From the 1930's, he turned New Zealand writing in a new direction, publishing short stories that 'moulded the language and rhythm of everyday New Zealand speech into a literary form' and won acclaim throughout the English-speaking world.

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