FACTUAL AND CREATIVE WRITING
Sir.-As one of the "uninitiated or illiterate" may I answer the letter from. Guthrie Wilson in The Listener, December 21. I should like to commend to him the following books, amongst others, whereby his vision. may be widened sufficiently to admit that there are other books- worthy of note besides novels: ‘The Holy Bible,. Hakluyt, Two Years Betore the Mast, Oregon Trai!, The Worst Journey in the World, Undertone of War, and The Kon-Tiki Expedition. The well-worn adage, "Truth is stranger than fiction,’ still holds and, for _- die
that reason, the average well-written factual book has a wider publie-than the comparable novel.
J.
TOFT
Wellington)
(Abridged. ~Ed.)
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19520208.2.12.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 657, 8 February 1952, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
111FACTUAL AND CREATIVE WRITING New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 657, 8 February 1952, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in