From Freyberg by Bill Edginton
From Freyberg is a contemporary novel about relationships, about sexual passion and, by contrast, the calmer yet often complex flow of ongoing relationships. It focuses on the decline into staleness of the relationship between Craig and Paul, two men who have been together for ten years. Craig gets a jump start from an unexpected affair, and finds himself forced to analyze the relationship he has had with Paul. This brings tensions to the lives of all three characters, who face questions about the meaning of gay relationships, and what they can learn from the lives of other people they meet. Editorial Reviews Review From Freyberg also examines many broader themes about being gay in a heterosexual world the environment of legal and social prejudice in which both Craig and Paul grew up, the more liberal attitudes they subsequently experience, the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic, Craig s longstanding involvement in the Presbyterian Church, and the relationships of each of the central characters with their own biological family members. Many readers will relate to the story of From Freyberg. For gay men, it speaks to the experiences we have all had the choices we have made and the responsibilities we have taken upon ourselves as we chart our various courses through our changing relationships and changing nation. --Assoc. Prof. Witi Ihimaera In an absorbing gay first novel about a relationship disrupted by an affair, Bill Edginton s characters are pulled by commitment and passion, security and excitement, companionship and sexual fulfillment. These men seek the good life, each driven by a different combination from the gamut of human needs work, sex, affection, family, health, compassion, partnership, religion, art, community, friendship. --Bill Logan, gay rights campaigner and celebrant About the Author Bill Edginton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1938. He graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Master's degree in Russian. His early career was in the former Department of External Affairs where he had postings in Geneva and London. Participation in a UNESCO General Conference in Paris led him to a position with the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. He worked generally in the field of international education and became Manager for International Education in the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Bill Edginton came out as a gay man in the seventies. He was drawn into political activism in the gay and lesbian movement through gay service groups. This was primarily for law reform leading to the legislation enacted in New Zealand in 1986. At the same time, he became involved in an AIDS support network which was formed in Wellington in response to the developing AIDS pandemic. He had a background as a layman in the Church and engaged in political activism there also, a role which necessarily continued well past he secular reform achieved in 1986.
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Title: From Freyberg by Bill Edginton
Author: Bill Edginton
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Pages: 205
Language: ENG- English
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Publishers: National Pacific Press
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Year: 2004
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