The butcher shop / Jean Devanny ; edited and introduced by Heather Roberts.
Momo rauemi: TextSeries: New Zealand fiction ; book 16.Kaiwhakaputa: [Auckland] : [Oxford] : Auckland University Press ; Oxford University Press, 1981Edition: New editionWhakaahuatanga: 241 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0196480000
- 0196480019
- NZ823.2 DEV
- NZ823.2 21
- PR8233.E92 B8
- PR9619.3 .D49 B87 1981
- PR9639.3.D48 B8 1981
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Eltham LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | DEVA (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2239579 |
Orig. pub. 1926.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Heather Roberts -- The Butcher shop -- The banning of The butcher shop / Bill Pearson -- Notes -- Jean Devanny's published work.
"[This book] first appeared in 1926. Despite big overseas sales it was banned in New Zealand and later Australia for being disgusting, indecent and communistic - in other words, for promoting revolutionary ideas about the role of women and for a bold portrayal of the brutality of farm life. On one level the novel is a fast-paced account of how passion and jealousy destroy the lives of a rich and cultured farming family; on another it is a fierce polemic for the freedom of women, which in its frankness was years ahead of its time. ..."--Back cover.
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