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The gorse blooms pale : Dan Davin's Southland stories / Dan Davin, Janet Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davin, Dan, 1913-1990, author.
- Wilson, Janet, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davin, Dan, 1913-1990--Childhood and youth--Fiction.
- Davin, Dan.
- Farm life--New Zealand--Southland--Fiction.
- Farm life.
- Southland (N.Z.)--Fiction.
- Southland (N.Z.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- A master of New Zealand short stories explores life in Southland.Dan Davin's The Gorse Blooms Pale gathers twenty-six stories and poems reflecting his Irish-Catholic upbringing in Southland, New Zealand.These stories offer a unique regional flavor, capturing the essence of a close-knit rural community navigating post-British social dynamics.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dan Davin Chronology
- Map of Modern Invercargill
- Introduction
- Works Cited
- Part I: From The Gorse Blooms Pale (1947)
- 'Perspective'
- 1. The Apostate
- 2. The Vigil
- 3. Milk Round
- 4. Late Snow
- 5. Death of a Dog
- 6. The Basket
- 7. Growing Up
- 8. Saturday Night
- 9. That Golden Time
- 10. Casualties
- 11. A Happy New Year
- 12. A Meeting Half Way
- Part II: From Breathing Spaces (1975)
- 'The Far-Away Hill'
- 13. Presents
- 14. Roof of the World
- 15. Goosey's Gallic War
- 16. The Tree
- 17. The Quiet One
- 18. A Return
- 19. First Flight
- 20. Bluff Retrospect
- Part III: Previously Uncollected Stories
- 'Invercargill Boundary'
- 21. Prometheus
- 22. The Albatross
- 23. Black Diamond
- 24. The Black Stranger
- 25. Gardens of Exile
- 26. Failed Exorcism
- Days End.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-988592-30-5
- OCLC:
- 1148891085
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