Letters and Journals

'Now - now I want to write recollections of my own country. Yes, I want to write about my own country till I simply exhaust my store. Not only because it is a "sacred debt" that I pay to my country because my brother and I were born there, but also because in my thoughts I range with him over all the remembered places. I am never far away from them. I long to renew them in writing.' In numerous letters and journals, Katherine Mansfield recorded her feelings, thoughts and observations about writing, about the New Zealand of her childhood, the Europe of her later years, the people she encountered, the every day and the extraordinary. This classic selection - the only one available that combines material from both her letters and journals - brings together the pieces that most illuminate her character, her life and her stories. Chosen by renowned scholar and acclaimed writer C.K. Stead, they are a lively and informative entree to one of our most gifted writers.Contents:1. New Zealand, 1907-82. Bavaria, 1909-103. England and France, 1913-154. Bandol, December 1915-April 19165. Cornwall, summer 1916 ; London, 1916-176. Bandol again ; Paris, January-April 19187. Cornwall, May-July 19188. London, July 1918-August 19199. Ospedaletti (Italian Riviera), October 1919-January 192010. Menton (French Riviera), January-April 1920 ; Hampstead, May-July11. Menton with Ida Baker, September-December 192012. Menton with Murry, December 1920-May 192113. Switzerland, May-October 192114. Switzerland, November 1921-January 192215. Paris, February-May 192216. Switzerland again, June-August 192217. London, Paris, Fontainebleau, August 1922-January 1923