Catch Journey To Oxford Penned By John Mulgan Visible In Textbook
Great book concise but beautifully describes the experience of leaving New Zealand for farflung England to begin a degree at Oxford University, Having completed this same journeyyears later myself, I am even more acutely aware of how isolating and final this journey must have felt when undertaken in, The author wittily describes characters and events, drawing a vivid picture of the life of an Oxford student in the's, Little seems to have changed at Oxford since then, although being from the 'colonies' is now less novel! In this previously unpublished work that is part memoir and part personal essay, criticallyacclaimed novelist John Mulgan reflects on his departure from New Zealand.
A powerful piece of writing and nostalgia, this account charts Mulgans efforts to discover who he is as a New Zealander and his new life in Oxford, John Alan Edward Mulgan was a New Zealand journalist, writer and editor, He was the eldest son of writer and journalist, Alan Edward Mulgan, .