The Sensualist - Keri Hulme in Okarito
29 Oct 2004
Courtesy of NZ Listener
By Steve Braunius
Is there another author in New Zealand who gets more, sheer unadulterated pleasure out of earthly delights than Keri Hulme? From her small home in…
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Courtesy of NZ Listener
By Steve Braunius
Is there another author in New Zealand who gets more, sheer unadulterated pleasure out of earthly delights than Keri Hulme? From her small home in remote Okarito, the famously alone and notoriously slow writer - 20 years ago, her one published novel won the Booker Prize - smacks her lips and talks of wine, whiskey, cigars, good food and long, long writing lessons.
Image: "I've never seen the point of depriving yourself." Keri Hulme