ISBN10: 1877372846, ISBN13: 9781877372841, [publisher: Otago University Press, Dunedin] Hardcover 648 pages. For most of his adult life, Charles Brasch's most intimate companion was his diary. In these journals, written in L ondon during the Second World War, he is a young man searching fo r answers. Is he a pacifist? Should he join the army? Is he homos exual? Should he marry? Should he return home to New Zealand when the war ends? Are his poems any good? Some questions are resolve d in the course of the journals, others not, but it all makes com pelling reading. So, too, do the people we meet in these pages: k ith and kin, conscientious objectors, civil servants working at B letchley Park (as Brasch was to), members of the Adelphi Players, fellow fire wardens, refugees from Europe, and artists and write rs both English and Kiwi. As Rachel Barrowman writes in her intro ductory essay, on his return home Brasch was to hold a central pl ace in New Zealand literary life for two decades, as founder of L andfall, and as patron, mentor and writer. In these splendid jour nals, he prepares for that role. Editorial Reviews From the Aut hor Charles Brasch was a New Zealand poet, literary editor, and a rts patron. He was the founding editor of the literary journal La ndfall. About the Author Charles Brasch was a New Zealand poet, literary editor, and arts patron. He was the founding editor of t he literary journal Landfall.
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