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The Grass Catcher: A Digression about Home
Ian Wedde
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Description for The Grass Catcher: A Digression about Home
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969–70 to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life.
Haunted by the ghosts of his restless German and Scottish great grandparents, and of his wandering parents, Wedde is always looking over his shoulder as he writes. His companion throughout is his twin brother Dave, who shared their first home—their mother Linda's womb—and who, as the book ends, hosts a lunch where the ... Read more
From early childhood in postwar Blenheim to the remote regions of Bangladesh, from an English boarding school to 1960s Auckland, and from Jordan during the civil war of 1969–70 to family homes full of children, this dazzling book traces the many shifts in Ian Wedde's life.
Haunted by the ghosts of his restless German and Scottish great grandparents, and of his wandering parents, Wedde is always looking over his shoulder as he writes. His companion throughout is his twin brother Dave, who shared their first home—their mother Linda's womb—and who, as the book ends, hosts a lunch where the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, New Zealand
ISBN
9780864739384
SKU
V9780864739384
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-24
About Ian Wedde
Ian Wedde is the award-winning author of six novels, 15 collections of poetry, and two collections of essays, the most recent of which was the critically acclaimed Making Ends Meet. From 2011 to 2013, he was New Zealand's poet laureate.
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