LEADER 03774nam 2200541 450 001 9910787779603321 005 20230725040023.0 010 $a1-77558-598-0 010 $a1-86940-541-2 010 $a1-77558-131-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000491943 035 $a(EBL)1411731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001061425 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11674928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061425 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11099159 035 $a(PQKB)10345244 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1563890 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000491943 100 $a20170301h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo fretful sleeper $ea life of Bill Pearson /$fPaul Millar 210 1$aAuckland, New Zealand :$cAuckland University Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (763 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86940-419-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half-title; Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 : A Pattern of Mysterious Events and Places; 2 : A Strange Tribe: Family Life in Greymouth, 1913-1929; 3 : A Good Boy: Primary School Years, 1929-1933; 4 : A Solitary Boy: High School, 1934-1936; 5 : Toeing the Line: Greymouth 1936-1937; 6 : Three Things Happened: Greymouth, 1938; 7 : A Farewell to Childhood: Christchurch, 1939; 8 : Teachers' Training College: Dunedin, 1940-1941; 9 : A Lasting Impression: Blackball, 1942; 10 : A Chance to Get his Bearings: New Zealand and Fiji, 1942-1945 327 $a11 : No More Illusions: Egypt and Italy, 1945-194612 : Living down his Past: Japan and New Zealand, 1946-1947; 13 : A Changed Man to a Changed New Zealand: Christchurch, 1947-1948; 14 : In Two Minds: Oxford, 1949; 15 : A Good Deal of Variety: London Activities, 1949-1954; 16 : Freedom from all the Kiwi Obsessions: Critical Writing and New Zealand Friends, 1949-1954; 17 : A Labour of Love: Writing Coal Flat in London, 1950-1954; 18 : A Demoralising Job: The University of Auckland English Department, 1954-1963; 19 : Left-wingers and Communists: Politics, Culture and Family, 1954-1963 327 $a20 : A Tremendous Relief: The Auckland University Ma?ori Club, 1956-196321 : A Kind of Amputation: Publishing Coal Flat, 1954-1963; 22 : A Great Packet of Love: Frank Sargeson and London Leave, 1963-1965; 23 : A Rock against which I Could Sometimes Gash Myself: Auckland and Canberra, 1965-1970; 24 : Wearing Half his Heart on his Sleeve: 1970-1982; 25 : Sleep Easy, Bill, from this Retiring Day: 1982-2003; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A, B, C; INDEX; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright 330 $a?There is no place in normal New Zealand society for the man who is different', wrote William Harrison (Bill) Pearson. One of New Zealand's most distinguished fiction writers and sharpest critics, Pearson's life was also fraught with contradiction and secrecy, largely because of his homosexuality. Born in Greymouth in 1922, he grew up in a society dominated by a rugged ideal of New Zealand manhood; not an easy childhood or adolescence for an unusually sensitive boy who preferred intellectual pursuits to sports. He went to university and Dunedin Training College, then taught at Blackball 606 $aAuthors, New Zealand$y20th century$vBiography 615 0$aAuthors, New Zealand 676 $a823.914 676 $a823/.914 700 $aMillar$b Paul$01487419 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787779603321 996 $aNo fretful sleeper$93707270 997 $aUNINA