A Kind Of Shelter Whakaruru Taha

Author : Witi Ihimaera
Publisher : Massey University Press
ISBN 13 : 1991016239
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha written by Witi Ihimaera and published by Massey University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tepu korero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira-korero embody the tahuhu, the over-arching horizontal ridge pole, of the shelter. In a series of rich conversations, those present discuss our world in the second decade of this century; they look at decolonisation, indigeneity, climate change . . . this is what they see.Edited by Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy, this fresh, exciting anthology features poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction, as well as korero or conversations between writers and work by local and international artists. The lineup from Aoteraoa includes, among others, Alison Wong, Paula Morris, Anne Salmond, Tina Makereti, Ben Brown, David Eggleton, Cilla McQueen, Hinemoana Baker, Erik Kennedy, Ian Wedde, Nina Mingya Powles, Gregory O' Brien, Vincent O' Sullivan, Patricia Grace, Selina Tusitala Marsh and Whiti Hereaka. Guest writers from overseas include Aparecida Vilaç a, Jose-Luis Novo and Ru Freeman.

Author : Michele Leggott
Publisher : Auckland University Press
ISBN 13 : 1776711076
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Face to the Sky written by Michele Leggott and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her latest collection, Michele Leggott speaks to the art and writings of nineteenth-century New Zealand painter Emily Cumming Harris. Face to the Sky tells stories of love and loss from two woman in the shadow the same mountain, more than a century apart. 'Voices sing from the archive: a choir of breakers on a North Taranaki beach. Two women born more than a hundred years apart tell stories of love and loss in the shadow of the mountain that is always there. One of them becomes a painter of botanically accurate native flora, and writes all her life. The other, now without sight, lives in a world of sounds caught into expanding webs of memory. She listens for the other, tracing the delicate shapes of what she cannot see, taking her cue from the words of others. She listens and travels, picking up connections over time and place. Mothers and fathers come and go, adding their voices to the tumult on the beach, the shadow of the mountain, the hills above Nelson where the first woman comes to rest. The second, living between two small volcanos in a northern city, waits for a miracle that might cure the lymphoma that has been tracking her days. Through it all, the familiar phrases of the weather forecast sound their ever-hopeful, ever-changing predictions.' — Michele Leggott

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of the Polynesian Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hoani Te Whatahoro
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465581006
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lore of The Whare-Wananga written by Hoani Te Whatahoro and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ghazaleh Golbakhsh
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1761060074
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Girl From Revolution Road written by Ghazaleh Golbakhsh and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful collection of personal essays on displacement, being different and living between two worlds, told with humour and self-reflection. 'A book for our times, written with wit, lyricism, cynicism and tenderness.' Rachel House Based on Ghazaleh Golbakhsh's experience as an Iranian immigrant growing up in New Zealand, these essays range from a childhood in war-torn Iran, including the trauma of a night spent in prison as a six-year-old, to learning English so she could make friends, to dating in the days of Corona. This is about growing up as a young woman torn between her immigrant roots and her desire to be like everyone else. The humour is sometimes offset with the more sombre reminder of the racism that has always existed in this country, from misguided quips to more serious stories of harassment. The impact of recent world events shows that, more than ever, marginalised voices are needed in our cultural discourse.

Author : Witi Ihimaera
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 0143775006
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navigating the Stars written by Witi Ihimaera and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From master storyteller Witi Ihimaera, a spellbinding and provocative retelling of traditional Maori myths for the twenty-first century. In this milestone volume, Ihimaera traces the history of the Maori people through their creation myths. He follows Tawhaki up the vines into the firmament, Hine-titama down into the land of the dead, Maui to the ends of the earth, and the giants and turehu who sailed across the ocean to our shores . . . From Hawaiki to Aotearoa, the ancient navigators brought their myths, while looking to the stars — bright with gods, ancestors and stories — to guide the way. ‘Step through the gateway now to stories that are as relevant today as they ever were.’

Author : Ru Freeman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439101957
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Disobedient Girl written by Ru Freeman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longing for sophistication in spite of her limited prospects as a servant, Sri Lankan-born Latha strives for the dignity and freedoms enjoyed by the privileged daughter of her employers, while Biso, a devoted mother, flees her abusive husband in search of a better life in the mountains. A first novel.

Author : Rishi Reddi
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061865532
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karma and Other Stories written by Rishi Reddi and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reddi’s understated prose and her choice of detail give her revelations a quiet power.” — The New Yorker “[A]mong such time-tested topics of immigrant fiction, Reddi suddenly soars.” — San Francisco Chronicle “While many of the stories seem simple, characters and plots linger long after you turn the page.” — Washington Post “...reminiscent of Jhumpa Lahiri... The immigrant experience...is rendered with the starkest honesty... substance and depth.” — Philadelphia Inquirer “Reddi has produced a piece of writing that masterfully contrasts the assumed with the experienced, myth with reality.” — India Currents “...superb debut collection... much like Jhumpa Lahiri...a gem of a book...characters remain etched in memory...” — Indian Express “In deceptively simple prose...a compassionate look at what happens when the insular world of the Indian immigrant is breached.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch “...Reddi deftly employs images to crystallize... the isolation and occasional bewilderment shared by her sympathetic characters.” — Publishers Weekly “This excellent debut collection... [offers] elegant studies of a culture that is both familiar and foreign.” — Booklist “Reddi’s voice is gentle and her eye watchful...A soft-spoken, sympathetic collection.” — Kirkus Reviews “Sad, sweet, tender--a truly lovely book.” — Kiran Desai, Man Book Prize-winning author of THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS “Only the finest writers can craft short stories with the richness of a novel...[an] exceptional debut collection.” — Arthur Golden, bestselling author of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA “Rishi Reddi has written a unique and beautiful book with the power to both entertain and educate.” — Judith Guest, bestselling author of ORDINARY PEOPLE “Reddi’s characters are complicated people...and, as are the stories they inhabit, memorable and very worthy of our attention. Exquisite.” — Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of AN ALMOST PERFECT MOMENT “Reddi is the brightest light in Boston’s latest literary constellation.” — Boston magazine

Author : Stephenson Percy Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lore of the Whare-wānanga: Te Kauwae-runga; or, Things celestial written by Stephenson Percy Smith and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Konai Helu Thaman
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820201583
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You, the Choice of My Parents written by Konai Helu Thaman and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: