Come Back to Mona Vale

Name: Come Back to Mona Vale
Brand: Otago University Press
SKU: 9781990048067
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Life and death in a Christchurch mansion

Autor: Alexander McKinnon

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This is a beautifully written, compelling narrative/memoir that sets about unravelling the mysteries...

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Autor

Alexander McKinnon

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engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2021

Pagini

288

EAN

9781990048067

ISBN

1990048064

Enbook ID

36548455

Editura

Otago University Press

Greutate

662

Dimensiuni

158 x 230 x 27

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This is a beautifully written, compelling narrative/memoir that sets about unravelling the mysteries and anomalies behind the public history of a wealthy Christchurch business family in the first half of the 20th century. The author-as narrator gradually becomes aware that his family heritage isnt necessarily the norm, nor what he expected. He realises that family members dont speak to each other about the most private events. The story unfolds like a crime or detective tale, and also delves into the history of the Canterbury colony, contrasting Christchurchs public values, aspirations and beauty with its murkier private behaviour. And yet the story is told with a graceful touch and an eye for the vivid, comic and telling detail. Alexander McKinnons explorations of his familys past is the record of a beautiful and grand (yet gradually crumbling) manor interwoven with social history -- with a sense of the Gothic, of obsession, and of a tight-knit circle where secrets wreak a terrible climax leading to a form of inter-generational haunting.

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