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Peastick Girl (Paperback, New)
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The Peastick Girl tells the story of Teresa Matheson, her sisters
Mollie and Cass, and the untimely and mysterious death of their
mother. Teresa has returned to Wellington after five years in
Melbourne where she has written a quest novel for younger readers,
had two affairs, and met the demon Arkeum. Haunted by childhood
memories and visions she is isolated in a house near her family
home. What is and what might have been intriguingly converge. She
is rescued by the return of Nikolai, her Russian lover. In a
remote, seemingly fairytale location she finally stumbles across
the truth of her past and finds an ambiguous peace. A sharply
focused and often humorous account of New Zealand life-a world of
men, Rugby, feminists who feel they've lost their way, Russian
emigres and powerful but disaffected Maori women-The Peastick Girl
is a complex tragi-comedy of manners. Written in prose of eloquent
intensity, this does for New Zealand passions and landscapes the
kind of thing the Brontes did for Yorkshire. Chris Wallace-Crabbe,
The Age Wellington is as central to this novel as Egdon Heath is to
Hardy's Return of the Native... Katherine Mansfield's city has
become a wild place dominated by rain, light, wind and sound. Rod
Edmond, NZ Studies Network (UK) A brave, sensuous and wildly
original novel-I've never read anything quite like it. Helen Garner
Hard not to be blown away by this staggeringly beautiful novel.
Marion May Campbell
General
Imprint: |
Black Pepper
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Country of origin: |
Australia |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
July 2013 |
Authors: |
Susan Hancock
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
494 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-876044-74-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-876044-74-8 |
Barcode: |
9781876044749 |
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