Hone Tuwhare : a biography

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Hone Tuwhare : a biography

Janet Hunt

Godwit, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index

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This biography tells of Hone Tuwhare's life, from his earliest childhood memories, through his years as a boilermaker, political activist, husband and father, to his maturity as a writer and his status as one of New Zealand's greatest literary figures. Set in locations as far afield as Bougainville, Berlin and Beijing, the book details the important influences on the man and the writer, including his close associations with many of his country's most prominent artists such as R.A.K. Mason, James K. Baxter, Lauris Edmond and Ralph Hotere. The book is illustrated with selections of Tuwhare's poetry, and contemporary and historical photographs.

Table of Contents

  • Green-leaved anguish
  • oyster-studded roots
  • send a kumura or a book
  • I like working near a door
  • the bright enhaloed cloud
  • and I laid siege to lips
  • silence as profound as stars
  • a ripple of words
  • a tumble stumble-footed course
  • thrusts as sweet as apple-Eden
  • elusive fragrance
  • a red libation
  • fragmented my soul lies
  • hurdle the oceans, horse
  • rhubarb-rhubarb
  • the land wriggles in delight
  • I wouldn't like to die when the sky's black
  • the candle guts out almost drowning
  • I can't read the score from here, must be in German
  • your talk, your whizz your buzz
  • dear bear brown city, I love you
  • welcome home, traveller Haere Mai
  • I think I shall live.

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