Open AccessThe Gorse Blooms Pale - Dan Davin’s Southland Stories
Author(s) -
Rachel Jessie-Rae O'Connor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of new zealand studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
0eISSN - 2324-3740
pISSN - 1176-306X
DOI - 10.26686/jnzs.v0ins31.6687
Subject(s) - gloss (optics) , white (mutation) , art history , art , reading (process) , history , visual arts , literature , law , political science , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , gene , coating
These two new collections of Dan Davin’s short fiction have a friendly, nostalgic appearance. With matching gloss white hardback covers, vigorous title fonts, and bright chunky artwork by Jenny Cooper, they are faintly reminiscent of New Zealand school journals; my twelve-year-old son, spotting them on the table beside me, assumed they were holiday reading I had picked up on his behalf. Between the covers, however, they are revealed to be substantial, many-faceted works that provide, along with the stories, a wealth of meticulously organised and annotated detail that richly rewards the concentrated reader.