The Book of Iris: A Life of Robin Hyde: A Life of Robin Hyde, The - Hardcover

Challis, Derek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1869402677 ISBN 13: 9781869402679

Publisher: Auckland University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This extraordinary biography of Robin Hyde (Iris Wilkinson) has been in the making for 40 years and fills a major gap in New Zealand's literary history. Gloria Rawlinson, a close friend of Iris Wilkinson's, did much of the research and completed a first draft before she died; Derek Challis, Wilkinson's son, has brought it to completion. It is a gripping and profoundly moving story about (as our reader says) a 'short, tumultuous, incredibly productive, sad and doomed life. It suggests comparison with both Mansfield and Frame...'. A dramatic and' densely packed narrative, including appalling accounts of hidden pregnancies, experience as a solo mother, dependence on drugs, intimate acquaintance with sexism and poverty, mental breakdown, and an extraordinary trip in China during the Sino-Japanese war.

About this title

About the Author:

Derek Challis is Iris Wilkinson's illegitimate son. He is a sailor, scientist, and the author of several books, including A Home in this World. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1869402677
• ISBN 13: 9781869402679
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 800