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The butcher shop / Jean Devanny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Devanny, Jean, 1894-1962.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Zealand fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Auckland] : Auckland University Press, 1981.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The Butcher Shop first appeared in 1926. Despite big overseas sales it was banned in New Zealand and later Australia for being disgusting, indecent and communistic - in other words, for promoting revolutionary ideas about the role of women and for a bold portrayal of the brutality of farm life. On one level the novel is a fast-paced account of how passion and jealousy destroy the lives of a rich and cultured farming family; on another it is a fierce polemic for the freedom of women, which in its frankness was years ahead of its time.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed February 25, 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Original version:
- OCLC:
- 558049558
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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