Manhire, Bill, 1946-

The stories of Bill Manhire / Bill Manhire. - 318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

New Zealand author.

1. The new land: Highlights ; Ponies ; siena ; The days of Sail ; Some questions I am frequently asked ; South Pacific ; Ventriloquial ; Cannibals ; Nonchalance or The new land: a picture book -- 2. The brain of Katherine Mansfield -- 3. Songs of my life: The poet's wife ; The moon at the end of the century ; Flights of angels ; Songs of my life ; The death of Robert Louis Stevenson ; The ghost who talks ; Performance tips ; Kuki the krazy Kea -- 4. Under the influence.

"Collects the stories from The New Land : A Picture Book (1990) and the stories added to South Pacific (1994) and Songs of My Life (1996). In addition there are previously uncollected and unpublished stories, the choose-your-own-adventure novella The Brain of Katherine Mansfield (1988), and the memoir Under the Influence (2003)"--Dust jacket.

9780864739254


New Zealand fiction--21st century
Short stories, New Zealand.