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9781869403638
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Described by award-winning writer Stephanie de Montalk as “a tour de force . . . writing at its beguiling and literary best”, this is the second collection from Chris Price — her first, Husk, won the prize for Best First Book of Poetry. Here are prose poems and an essay that, de Montalk says, “elevate anecdote from sly revealer of biographical truths to elegant art form”. “A delightful read.” — Listener.
This quality of elusiveness, of strangeness, spills over into Price’s collection of short essays, anecdotes, critical, biographical and autobiographical studies, philosophical musings, germs of creative writing. . . . Price, like the diarists of old - Pepys, Evelyn and others - reveals herself in her choice of topics, but her Brief Lives is more than a personal journal or critiques of others. Stylistically, she turns a neat phrase and the play of her ironic view illuminates all her subjects. She also knows when to leave things alone . . . She has the power to intrigue, to indicate, to raise awareness of some writers who have dropped back into the mists of thought and literary culture. . . . There is so much to enjoy in Brief Lives. . . . Price comes across as a reader and writer of great perspicacity. She is excellent company. – Margaret Christiansen, Wairarapa Times Age
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NZ$ 28.00 each
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Author: Chris Price
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Published by: Auckland University Press
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