Valley of Decision

Name: Valley of Decision
Author: Allen Curnow

by Allen Curnow

Early New Zealand poems exploring choice and historical moment

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Allen Curnow

New Zealand poet considered the greatest in New Zealand's literary history. His verse engages with New Zealand's remote Pacific identity and the country's relation to its colonial past.

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