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==Main works:== |
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* ''Pet Shop'' ([[Waiura]]: A. Taylor, 1979) |
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* ''Faces of Hachiko'' ([[Auckland]]: Inca Print, 1984) |
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* ''Sunflower: a Novel of Present Day Japan'' ([[Auckland]]: Benton Press, 1986) |
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* ''Mr Ponsonby'' ([[Auckland]]: Lyndon, 1989) |
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* ''Reiko'' ([[Wellington]]: Moana Press, 1990) |
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* ''Harvest'' ([[Okato]]: Puniho Art Press, 1995) |
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* ''I See a Voice'' ([[Auckland]]: Flamingo, 1997) |
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The 'Japanese trilogy' - ''Faces of Hachiko'', ''Sunflower'' and ''Reiko'' - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. ''Pet Shop'', a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer |
The 'Japanese trilogy' - ''Faces of Hachiko'', ''Sunflower'' and ''Reiko'' - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. ''Pet Shop'', a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer Kevin Ireland as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code"<ref>The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)</ref>. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 14:36, 23 June 2008
Ian Middleton (1928 - October 24 2007) was a New Zealand novelist, who made a made a particular mark [1] with his books set in post-Second World War Japan. Born in New Plymouth, he was the brother of noted New Zealand short story writer O. E. Middleton.
Blind, he said this gave him a "special perspective but 'without limitation'", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing".[2]
A full list of his publications can be seen at the University of Auckland's NZ Literature file [3]and more biographical information is at the New Zealand Book Council's website.[4]
Main works:
- Pet Shop (Waiura: A. Taylor, 1979)
- Faces of Hachiko (Auckland: Inca Print, 1984)
- Sunflower: a Novel of Present Day Japan (Auckland: Benton Press, 1986)
- Mr Ponsonby (Auckland: Lyndon, 1989)
- Reiko (Wellington: Moana Press, 1990)
- Harvest (Okato: Puniho Art Press, 1995)
- I See a Voice (Auckland: Flamingo, 1997)
The 'Japanese trilogy' - Faces of Hachiko, Sunflower and Reiko - describes a personal and complex portrayal of post-war Japan. Pet Shop, a novel on his early upbringing in small-town New Zealand, wartime Auckland and his experiences on a Norwegian tanker, was described by New Zealand writer Kevin Ireland as "an absorbing picture of the repressions that passed for a moral code"[5].
References
- ^ http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/middletonian.html%7CBook Council entry, Middletonian
- ^ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)| Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature
- ^ University of Auckland file
- ^ | Book Council entry, Middletonian
- ^ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, edited by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998)