Afternoon of an Evening Train
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Afternoon of an Evening Train
By (Author) Gregory O'Brien
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Victoria University Press
7th January 2005
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.2
Winner of Spectrum Print Book Design Awards: Best Non-Illustrated Book 2006
Physical Properties
Paperback
95
Description
A clod of earth speaks; a pipe sings; a chair dreams itself into being...These are some of the presences in Gregory O'Brien's new collection. At the same time the book gathers together disparate voices, it charts both geographical and emotional territories. The poems propose a very personal map of New Zealand - from Waiheke Island to Dunedin, via the Waihi Beach Dump and the storm-water system beneath Wellington. Elsewhere, Afternoon of an Evening Train takes in a few locations in Southern Europe before arriving at the Taranaki settlement of Parihaka...
Author Bio
Gregory O'Brien is a poet, an essayist, an art curator, and a painter. He is the author of After Bathing at Baxter's and Welcome to South Seas.
