The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Tag: Best Books
Umbrella – Will Self
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Apparently, the plot of Umbrella revolves around psychiatrist Zack Busner who works in Friern mental hospital. One of his patients, Audrey Death, has been catatonic for 50 years. The doctor recognises that she and several other long-term patients may be suffering… Continue Reading “Umbrella – Will Self”
Swimming Home – Deborah Levy
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Poet Joe Jacobs’s family vacation is interrupted by a fanatical reader who wades, naked, out of their swimming pool © Joe Jacobs is a Polish poet living in Britain, holidaying with his family and another couple in the South of France.… Continue Reading “Swimming Home – Deborah Levy”
Selected Poetry II
Theme: Ways To Be A Successful Woman Poetry studied: Slyvia Plath: Disquieting Muses Arrival of the B Box Lady Lazarus Adrienne Rich: Orion Diving Into The Wreck The Mirror Into Which Two Are Seen As One Orion by Adrienne Rich: Far back when I… Continue Reading “Selected Poetry II”
Tropic of Cancer – Henry Miller
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The Tropic of Cancer was published in 1934 and was widely banned for its explicit sexual content, including for a 27 year period in the US. Its protagonist is a struggling writer living in Paris and is named… Continue Reading “Tropic of Cancer – Henry Miller”
The Parihaka Woman – Witi Ihimaera
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy A fictionalised account set amongst the atrocities that occurred in Parihaka, Taranaki during the 1870s The Parihaka Woman tells the story of Taranaki iwi who fought back against settlers and the confiscation of their lands with a programme of… Continue Reading “The Parihaka Woman – Witi Ihimaera”
Selected Poetry I
Theme: Favourite NZ poems Poems studied: Rain – Hone Tuwhare No Ordinary Sun – Hone Tuwhare Jerusalem Sonnet 1 – James K Baxter In A Minute – Anna Jackson Fantastic insight into these poems by Sophia. Everyone gravitated towards towards Rain, for some a… Continue Reading “Selected Poetry I”
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel Kurt Vonnegut writes of his own experiences as a World War II prisoner in Slaughterhouse Five, in particular the bombing of Dresden. On February 13, 1945, only months before the end of World War II, the Allies undertook… Continue Reading “Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut”
Rangatira – Paula Morris
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy The fictionalised true story of Paratene Te Manu’s journey to London in 1863 to meet with English royalty and gentry © “Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu is tupuna of Paula Morris (Ngati Wai). He was a warrior who… Continue Reading “Rangatira – Paula Morris”
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