« one of the most brilliant passages in jennifer sturm’s ‘ anna kavan’s new zealand’ concerns a visit to hawke’s bay. it is war time and the kavanesque narrator - a woman not unidentitical to the author kavan - is making her way out of new zealand - one of the few places, ironically, she felt at peace. but she’s bursting to get away. kavan was also a heroin addict, so probably new zealand in 1942 wasn’t much chop. »
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Anna Kavan's eternal journey....
blogPost, 19/11/2009One of the most brilliant passages in Jennifer Sturm’s ‘Anna Kavan’s New Zealand’ concerns a visit to Hawke’s Bay. It is war time and the Kavanesque narrator - a woman not unidentitical to the author Kavan - is making her way out of New Zealand - one of the few places, ironically, she felt at peace. But she’s bursting to get away. Kavan was also a heroin addict, so probably New Zealand in 1942 wasn’t much chop.