Beyond the Breakwater: Short Stories 1948-1998 by O.E. Middleton - Softcover
Beyond the Breakwater brings together 26 outstanding short stories, spanning half a century, by an acclaimed master of the genre, O.E. Middleton. While Middleton has been linked with the masculine realist New Zealand tradition of Frank Sargeson and Roderick Finlayson, Beyond the Breakwater also contains a diverse range of international settings and characters, from Berthe Albrecht's postwar experiences of Paris in For Once in Your Life to the secular London Eucharist of The Doss-house and the Duchess. At his best, Middleton's attention to detail and fully realized context brings to mind earlier masters, such as Yukio Mishima and Guy de Maupassant. In a typical Middleton story, carefully observed details build an impressionistic platform on which the destinies of his characters unravel.
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Beyond the Breakwater brings together twenty-six outstanding short stories spanning half a century by an acclaimed master of the genre, O.E. Middleton.
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O. E. Middleton is a senior figure in New Zealand literature who served in the air force and army in 1944–45 and after the war lived in the U.S. before travel in Europe. He began publishing his stories in 1949.Lawrence Jones is a leading historian of New Zealand fiction. He is the author ofPicking up the Traces: The Making of a New Zealand Literary Culture 1932–1945.
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- PublisherOtago University Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1877372560
- ISBN 13 9781877372568
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
- EditorLawrence Jones
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Book Description Hardback. 1st Edition. Beyond the Breakwater brings together twenty-six outstanding short stories spanning half a century by an acclaimed master of the genre, O.E. Middleton. While Middleton has been linked with the masculine realist New Zealand tradition of Frank Sargeson and Roderick Finlayson, Beyond the Breakwater also contains a diverse range of international settings and characters, from Berthe Albrecht's postwar experiences of Paris in 'For Once in Your Life' to the secular London Eucharist of 'The Doss-House and the Duchess'. At his best, Middleton's attention to detail and fully realised context brings to mind earlier masters such as Yukio Mishima and Guy de Maupassant; in a typical Middleton story, carefully observed detail builds an impressionistic platform on which the destinies of his characters unravel. First published June 2008 pp368 210 x 140mm. Seller Inventory # 8023110
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures.; 367 pages. Pictorial papered boards. Page dimensions: 210 x 138mm. With an introduction by Lawrence Jones, Emeritus Professor in the University of Otago's Department of English. "[. . .] brings together twenty-six short stories spanning half a century, with a diverse range of international settings and characters" - from blurb on rear wrapper. The cover illustration is from an artwork of Ralph Hotere's. The frontispiece illustration is also by Hotere, a portrait of O. E. Middleton.; 8vo. Seller Inventory # 11999
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