Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Name: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Brand: Penguin Group (NZ)
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★★★★★

English

By (author): Witi Ihimaera

David Munro has everything a man could want - a beautiful wife, two adoring daughters, a top academic position and a circle of devoted friends. But he also has another life, lived mainly at night and frequently in what he comes to know as 'The Gardens of Spain', the places where gay and bisexual men meet. Now he must choose which of these two lives to follow ...Now in its fourth edition, Nights in the Gardens of Spain takes us along the precarious divide between sexuality and social mores, exploring dilemmas of contemporary gay culture with anger, laughter, sensitivity and honesty. 'Ihimaera's best book yet.' -Evening Post See more

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Weight: 286g
Dimensions: 128 x 200mm
Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Publication City/Country: New Zealand
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780143203940

About Witi Ihimaera

Witi Ihimaera was the first Maori to publish both a book of short stories and a novel and since then has published many notable novels and collections of short stories. Described by Metro magazine as 'Part oracle part memoralist' and 'an inspired voice weaving many stories together' Ihimaera has also written for stage and screen edited books on the arts and culture as well as published various works for children. His best-known novel is The Whale Rider which was made into a hugely internationally successful film in 2002. His novel Nights in the Garden of Spain was also made into a feature film and was distributed internationally under the name of Kawa. The feature film White Lies was based on his novella Medicine Woman. And his novel Bulibasha King of the Gypsies inspired the 2016 feature film Mahana. His first book Pounamu Pounamu has not been out of print in the 40 years since publication. He has also had careers in diplomacy teaching theatre opera film and television. In 1993 Ihimaera spent a year in France on the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship. He has received numerous awards including the Wattie Book of the Year Award and the Montana Book Award the inaugural Star of Oceania Award University of Hawaii 2009 a laureate award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation 2009 the