A Strange Beautiful Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington

By Redmer Yska

Book Overview

How does a city make a writer? Described by Fiona Kidman as a 'ravishing, immersing read', A Strange Beautiful Excitement is a 'wild ride' through the Wellington of Katherine Mansfield's childhood. From the grubby, wind-blasted streets of Thorndon to the hushed green valley of Karori, author Redmer Yska, himself raised in Karori, retraces Mansfield's old ground: the sights, sounds and smells of the rickety colonial capital, as experienced by the budding writer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0947522549
• ISBN13: 9780947522544
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Otago University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 7.9"