This Change In The Light

Author: Fiona Kidman

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  • : 37.00 NZD
  • : 9781775538554
  • : Random House
  • : Godwit
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  • : 0.248
  • : March 2016
  • : 153mm X 119mm X 20mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : 37.0
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  • : Fiona Kidman
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  • : hardback with dustjacket
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  • : en
  • : 821
  • : near fine
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Barcode 9781775538554
9781775538554

Description

A superb collection of poetry from one of New Zealand's top writers. Fiona Kidman's exquisite and adroit poetry invites the reader into her life, introducing us to her family, friends and places she has loved. In turn it touches our own experiences, offering universal relevance and insight.

Author description

Fiona Kidman has published over 30 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, creative writing teacher, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film, but primarily as a writer. The New Zealand Listener wrote: In her craft and her storytelling and in her compassionate gutsy tough expression of female experience, she is the best we have.' She has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships; in more recent years The Captive Wife was runner-up for the Deutz Medal for Fiction and was joint-winner of the Readers' Choice Award in the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, and her short story collection The Trouble with Fire was shortlisted for both the NZ Post Book Awards and the Frank O'Connor Award. She was created a Dame (DNZM) in 1998 in recognition of her contribution to literature, and more recently a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. We cannot talk about writing in New Zealand without acknowledging her,' wrote New Zealand Books. Kidman's accessible prose and the way she shows (mainly) wo