Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Zoology
Sheridan Keith’s novel Zoology won the prize. It follows Stephen and the women in his life, using their relationships to explore desire and self-understanding.
Work Information
A novel that traces human relationships through the language of instinct and desire.
Sheridan Keith’s New Zealand novel follows a male protagonist and the women around him, using their relationships to explore emotional uncertainty and instinctive behavior.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 1995-08-31
- Pages
- 232 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 19.7 x 1.6 x 13 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780140252811
- ISBN-10
- 0140252819
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Literary
Winner of the New Zealand Montana Book Awards, 1996. The novel revolves around Stephen and the women in his life. His enigmatic first wife Elaine, who left him without explanation. Beth, married in obligation and discarded like an old shoe. And Alexa, whose shimmering loveliness mocks his own uncertain flesh. "Zoology" dissects the human condition, gathers together memories, dreams and stern reality, and forever asks the question, what are we - and more importantly, what do we mean to each other? It presents an unusual and original view of men and women, together and apart, by a startlingly seductive writer.