The History Speech
Seiten
2019
Huia Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-77550-395-8 (ISBN)
Huia Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-77550-395-8 (ISBN)
It’s 1960s provincial New Zealand, cracks are showing in the conventional middle-class lives. Callum's father is a bully, and the people his parents mix with are keeping secrets. Amongst this, Callum is coming to understand his identity and needs to find a way to resolve internal conflicts to help his family and tell the truth about the past.
It is 1960s provincial New Zealand, and a set of upper middle-class families enjoy the good life together. But just under the surface of the conventionality, there are undercurrents. Adolescent Callum Gow’s father is a bully, his mother is having an affair, and there are secrets about abuse, suicide and the past. In amongst this, Callum is trying to understand his growing identity and sexuality. His only refuge is his grandfather, but this is in danger as Callum’s father has grandfather wrongfully committed as he won’t agree to a merger of the family business. Callum has to resolve his internal conflicts about who he is and resist social conformity to rescue his grandfather, get himself and his mother away from his father’s control and tell the truth about the past.
It is 1960s provincial New Zealand, and a set of upper middle-class families enjoy the good life together. But just under the surface of the conventionality, there are undercurrents. Adolescent Callum Gow’s father is a bully, his mother is having an affair, and there are secrets about abuse, suicide and the past. In amongst this, Callum is trying to understand his growing identity and sexuality. His only refuge is his grandfather, but this is in danger as Callum’s father has grandfather wrongfully committed as he won’t agree to a merger of the family business. Callum has to resolve his internal conflicts about who he is and resist social conformity to rescue his grandfather, get himself and his mother away from his father’s control and tell the truth about the past.
Mark Sweet (Nga Mahanga, Titahi, Taranaki) was born in Napier and grew up in Waimarama. In the 1980s, he lived in Hong Kong and travelled extensively in China, returning in 2007 to study Tai Chi and Quigong. After careers in the property sector and restaurants, Mark is now devoting his time to writing. With photographer Richard Brimmer, he created the book Portrait & Opinion, and in 2015 he wrote Wine: Stories from Hawke’s Bay. He has also had short stories published in collections from the Pikihuia Awards and in Stories on the Four Winds: Nga Hau e Wha.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.10.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Wellington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-77550-395-X / 177550395X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-77550-395-8 / 9781775503958 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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