The Hopeful Traveller

TitleThe Hopeful Traveller
Year for Search2002
AuthorsFarrell, Fiona(b. 1947)
Date Published2002
PublisherVintage
Place PublishedAuckland, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Female author
Annotation

Two novels published back to back that focus on a single island off the coast of New Zealand. One includes a Robinsonade and comments satirically on eighteenth century utopianism in showing a utopian experiment on the island failing. The other is a modern novel about a group of friends who had once lived together in an intentional community.

Holding Institutions

PSt, VUW

Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand female author (b. 1947).

Full Text

2002 Farrell, Fiona (b. 1947). The Hopeful Traveller. Auckland, New Zealand: Vintage. PSt, VUW

Two novels published back to back that focus on a single island off the coast of New Zealand. One includes a Robinsonade and comments satirically on eighteenth century utopianism in showing a utopian experiment on the island failing. The other is a modern novel about a group of friends who had once lived together in an intentional community. Aotearoa/New Zealand female author.