Novels to read while cruising

[ldog]

I like to read books and novels set in the area that I'm cruising. Can anyone suggest some representative novels from New Zealand and Australia. I've found a few Australian ones that sound interesting but not much from New Zealand.

 

Thanks

[Sea Day Cruiser]

Two for Australia would be The Thorn Birds and Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough.

[ZSandy25]

Hello,

Try "In A Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson, Quote: "What Bill Bryson has done for England and the United States, he has now done for Australia:written a delightfully entertaining travel book." Boston Globe. I hope you find it enjoyable.

Sandy

[nco4242]

Outback and the sequel can't remember its name by Aaron Fletcher

Hurry Sundown by K. Guilden

Of course Morgans Run and its sequel and Thorn Birds

 

Non Fiction: To a distant shore and Commonwealth of thieves are good

[SheilaNC]

If you're going to NZ for the first time (or even if you've been there before) and don't know about Maori history and experience, I'd check out some NZ authors and read several of the moving stories. Also, I always recommend renting and watching Whalerider (an academy award winner) or taking a copy with you to view onboard. Learning about history, culture and what it's like to live in any country is one of the real joys of travel for me. If I can find the title of a novel that I bought in a Queenstown bookstore some years ago, I'll post it.

[SheilaNC]

Just found the novel - it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Were_Warriors - a moving and interesting but rather difficult novel...not a pretty story but I learned a lot.

[sidneycruiser]

I like to read books and novels set in the area that I'm cruising. Can anyone suggest some representative novels from New Zealand and Australia. I've found a few Australian ones that sound interesting but not much from New Zealand.

 

Thanks

 

Try Australian author Bryce Courtenay. I think his best are "Potato Factory" set in the early convict days and is based on the experiences of a thief transported from England to Australia and "Jessica" which follows the diffucult like of a young girl raised in the Australian outback.

 

Good reading

[ldog]

Thanks, I've requested both of these from our library. I'll check them out and then purchase if possible.

 

Now, New Zealand anyone? Do you have annual Governor General's literary awards like we do in Canada? Who are current popular novelists?

[cands]

Not a novel, but wonderful.

 

Janet Frame. Autobiography in 3 parts:

 

To the Is-Land

An Angel at my Table

The Envoy from Mirror City

 

Just a warning.

You will cry!

 

Steve.