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Potiki

2001-09-12 Fiction
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Release : 2001-09-12
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 913/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Potiki by : Patricia Grace

Download or read book Potiki written by Patricia Grace. This book was released on 2001-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia Grace's classic novel is a work of spellbinding power in which the myths of older times are inextricably woven into the political realities of today. In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion – and growing anger. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief threatens to burst beyond the confines of his twisted body. His all-seeing eye looks forward to a strange and terrible new dawn. Potiki won the New Zealand Book Awards in 1987.

Potiki

2020-03-31 Fiction
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Release : 2020-03-31
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 559/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Potiki by : Patricia Grace

Download or read book Potiki written by Patricia Grace. This book was released on 2020-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Provocative, compassionate and beautiful' - Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate A moving story of a Maori community's fight for survival, from one of New Zealand's most prominent and celebrated authors On the remote coast of New Zealand, at the curve that binds the land and the sea, a small Maori community live, work, fish, play and tell stories of their ancestors. But something is changing. The prophet child toko can sense it. Men are coming, with dollars and big plans to develop the area for tourism. As their ancestral land becomes threatened, the people must unite in a battle for survival. Weaving together myth and memory, Patricia Grace's prize-winning novel is a spellbinding portrait of a defiant community determined to protect their way of life at any cost.

Dogside Story

2001-09-14 Fiction
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Release : 2001-09-14
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 162/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Dogside Story by : Patricia Grace

Download or read book Dogside Story written by Patricia Grace. This book was released on 2001-09-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is conflict in the whanau. The young man Te Rua holds a secret for life, the one to die with . But he realises that if he is to acknowledge and claim his daughter, the secret will have to be told. The Sisters are threatening to drag the whanau through the courts. But why? What is really going on? Meanwhile, wider events are encroaching. Visitors will arrive in numbers to this East Coast site, wanting to be among the first in the world to see the new millennium. There are plans to be put into action, there's money to be made, and there's high drama as the millennium turns . . . Like Potiki before it, Dogside Story is set in a rural Maori coastal community. The power of the land and the strength of the whanau are life-preserving forces. This rich and vivid novel, threaded with humour, presents a powerful picture of Maori in modern times. Also available as an eBook

Waiariki

2013-08-01 Fiction
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Release : 2013-08-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 70X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Waiariki by : Patricia Grace

Download or read book Waiariki written by Patricia Grace. This book was released on 2013-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia Grace's popular first collection – sensitive stories of Maori life which explore Maori spirituality and values and pursue relationships between people, family and races. Also available as an eBook

Electric City

2013-08-01 Fiction
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Release : 2013-08-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 718/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Electric City by : Patricia Grace

Download or read book Electric City written by Patricia Grace. This book was released on 2013-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are short stories about ordinary folk leading seemingly ordinary lives. The power of community, extended family and culture are central to all. Thirteen stories in which the joys of discovery are tempered by the knowledge of a harder, colder world. Sunlight, childhood and nature set against conflict and misunderstanding, in the ever-present shadows of the spirit of the land.

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