Backwards to Forwards
A Memoir
Biography & Memoir, Literary, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Kevin Ireland | ISBN: | 9781869796433 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House New Zealand | Publication: | July 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | RHNZ Adult ebooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kevin Ireland |
| ISBN: | 9781869796433 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House New Zealand |
| Publication: | July 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | RHNZ Adult ebooks |
| Language: | English |
**A lyrically written memoir showing the growth of a writer and his unique perceptions of the 1950s, 60s and beyond.**Echoing the erratic shape of remembrance, Kevin Ireland's second volume of memoirs is 'derived from impressions, conversations, anecdotes and poems, and its vague focus is a trip to Eastern Europe', which he took by chance in 1959. Leading directly and haphazardly towards and away from this single happening - leaping from London to Bulgaria to New Zealand and back - it explores the process of recollection itself. Outlining Kevin's experiences of friends, love and work - in such diverse places as a 'translation polishing' office in Bulgaria and the 'revisionists' department of The Times - this book shows the growth of a writer and his unique perceptions of the 1950s, 60s and beyond.
**A lyrically written memoir showing the growth of a writer and his unique perceptions of the 1950s, 60s and beyond.**Echoing the erratic shape of remembrance, Kevin Ireland's second volume of memoirs is 'derived from impressions, conversations, anecdotes and poems, and its vague focus is a trip to Eastern Europe', which he took by chance in 1959. Leading directly and haphazardly towards and away from this single happening - leaping from London to Bulgaria to New Zealand and back - it explores the process of recollection itself. Outlining Kevin's experiences of friends, love and work - in such diverse places as a 'translation polishing' office in Bulgaria and the 'revisionists' department of The Times - this book shows the growth of a writer and his unique perceptions of the 1950s, 60s and beyond.
