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Becky Manawatu
Auteur de Auē
Œuvres de Becky Manawatu
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1982
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Māori (Ngāi Tahu)
- Pays (pour la carte)
- New Zealand
- Lieu de naissance
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- Westport, New Zealand
Waimangaroa, New Zealand - Professions
- Reporter, Westport News
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 163
- Popularité
- #129,735
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 16
- ISBN
- 8
- Langues
- 1
Maori language is used throughout, liberally and organically (a glossary of Maori terms is provided). It is beautifully written, in language that is deceptively simple and direct.
“They’d fallen in love and they’d made a system so they could live together without breaking things, without breaking each other.”
“‘Ever cut glass, boy? Makes you feel magic. Smashing glass makes you feel like an animal, cutting it makes you feel magic. There was so much glass broken that night, I been making broken glass into beautiful things ever since.’”
“All those years ago, it is still beautiful to see two creatures under the spell of lovely things. Lovely thoughts, lovely wishes. Their own loveliness. But they’re fools in love. Tangata whenua, we have myth and legend, not fairy tales. Have they forgotten who they are?”
One of the best books I’ve read this year.… (plus d'informations)