Lloyd Jones
Lloyd Jones is a celebrated New Zealand author best known for his novel "Mister Pip," which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Born in 1955 in Lower Hutt, Jones has written extensively across various genres, including fiction and non-fiction. His works often explore themes of identity, history, and the impacts of colonialism. Jones is recognized for his evocative storytelling and vivid character portrayals.
Book summaries for books written by Lloyd Jones
Quotes
One day you'll leave me. And you'll go to some proper school where they will teach you to despise your mother.
You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing.
We had been forgotten. And we had forgotten ourselves.
There was once a time when we were a happy people, but memory is a curse.
A person doesn't have to be perfect to be exactly what you need.
What happens in the hearts and minds of the people is the most important thing.
She believed in the power of words, and the power of children, and the power of white sails moving in a blue sky.
We don't know how lucky we are. How the world is changing, and we are on the cusp of it all.
It was as if my mother had given birth to another boy, one who could cope with the absence of his father.
That's the thing about good books. They're like old friends. You can always go back to them.
I found something inside of me, something that was always there, but it was like it was asleep.
I'll never be a real person until I have a book I can call my own.