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A Life of Robin Hyde
出版Auckland University Press, 2002
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresBiography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, PublishersLiterary Criticism / Australian & Oceanian
ISBN18694026779781869402679
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dBYTEv6B42UC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"Brilliant, beautiful, difficult and doomed, Iris Wilkinson (known as the writer Robin Hyde) led a short, tumultuous and incredibly productive life. Here her story is told for the first time in a dramatic and deeply moving narrative. Researched by both authors from 1965 to 1971, it was written in a first draft by Iris Wilkinson's friend, Gloria Rawlinson; since Rawlinson's death in 1995 it has been revised and completed by Derek Challis, Wilkinson's son. It includes appalling accounts of hidden pregnancies, harsh experience as a solo mother, dependence on drugs, intimate acquaintance with sexism and poverty, mental breakdown, and a perilous trip to China in wartime. There are deep friendships and hurtful betrayals. Always there is a dedicated and determined commitment to writing. ..."--Jacket.