Always Song in the Water : An Oceanic Sketchbook Paperback / softback
by Gregory O'Brien
Paperback / softback
Description
Every spring on Gregory O'Brien's front lawn, on a ridgetop in Hataitai, an upside-down dinghy blooms with flowering clematis.
In this book, O'Brien takes his metaphorical dinghy to the edges of New Zealand - starting with a road trip through Northland and then voyaging out into the Pacific, to lead us into some under-explored territories of the South Pacific imagination. With creative spirits such as Janet Frame, Ralph Hotere, Robin White, John Pule and Epeli Hau`ofa as touchstones, O'Brien suggests how we New Zealanders might be re-imagining ourselves as an oceanic people on a small island in a big piece of water. Always Song in the Water is a book of encounters, sightings and unexpected epiphanies.
It is a high-spirited, personal and inventive account of being alive at the outer extremities of Aotearoa New Zealand. `This is my field notebook, my voyaging logbook,' Gregory O'Brien writes, `this is my Schubert played on a barrel organ, my whale survey, my songbook.'Among the many artists whose work is featured are John Pule, Robin White, Phil Dadson, Fiona Hall, Euan Macleod, Laurence Aberhart and the Sydney-based painter Noel McKenna, who produced numerous works specifically for this book.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 80 colour illustrations
- Publisher:Auckland University Press
- Publication Date:12/09/2019
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- ISBN:9781869409340
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 80 colour illustrations
- Publisher:Auckland University Press
- Publication Date:12/09/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781869409340
