The Beaded Curtain ‘Will leave you both laughing

‘Will leave you both laughing and longing for a time when boyhood was one grand adventure’ — Chris Reed

create a rich tapestry of knowledge that is both informative and deeply moving

It recorded the footprint of every building

but despite the humour

in his own family and in those of poets and conscientious objectors

The Beaded Curtain ‘Will leave you both laughingA powerful examination of the writer as witness Part autobiography, part memoir, part quest, lauded writer Lloyd Joness The Beaded Curtain is a trenchant exploration of the artist as witness. The text gets about from Joness Lower Hutt childhood and youthful wanderings across the USA to formative experiences such as seeing clothes from Hiroshima and his encounters with the Jewish Memorial in Berlin. From the hills of the Wairarapa to Hiroshima and