‘All my life the idea of America had occupied a space in my psyche. . . . I needed to see it. I needed to find a way to live with it and not despair. I needed to update my idea of America.’
For New Zealand writer Jenny Robin Jones the United States has always been an enigma, a series of questionable notions formed through a lifetime. ‘What is America?’ she asks herself. Can she rely on her own personal impressions?
Jones’ journey takes her to the spectacular desert lands of Taos and Santa Fe in New Mexico, where she encounters not only the Pueblo people and their rich culture but also the memory of writers and artists such as herself who have made the same journey in the past – D H Lawrence, Willa Cather, Georgia O’Keeffe, Dorothy Brett, Ansel Adams, Dennis Hopper and many others.
Where will the dice in this game she calls ‘travel roulette’ lead her? Superbly written and researched, Love America contains a fine writer’s highly personal, richly imaginative insights into a small but fascinating corner of America.
Cuprins
1. Ignition
2. The Big House
3. Adobe Here, Adobe There
4. Lawrence and Mabel in Terra Incognita
5. Saving the Indians
6. The Blue Lake
7. Big Fat Secret in the High Desert
8. Conquistadors in the Saddle
9. Willa Cather in Disputed Territory
10. Red Hills and Black Mesa with Georgia O’Keeffe
11. An Offer of Beauty from Millicent Rogers
12. The Big House Remembers
Epilogue
Acknowledgements and Permissions
Bibliography and Further Reading
References
Index
Despre autor
Jenny Robin Jones is a writer of many years’ standing.
Born in Wellington, where she now lives, Jenny spent her formative years in England, returning to New Zealand as a young adult to begin her working life as a teacher.
She was for many years executive director of the New Zealand Society of Authors, served as its representative on the board of Copyright Licensing Limited (CLL) and was a long-term chair of the selection panel for the CLL awards.
She also chaired Peppercorn Press, publisher of the quarterly review journal New Zealand Books.
Love America is her fourth book.
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