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The thrill of falling: stories

par Witi Ihimaera

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A stunning collection of stories from one of New Zealand's favourite authors. What's new? A young woman utters her favourite mantras to take on the world. An old woman lives like a diva, re - enacting Casablanca. In a rewrite of a play, a singer becomes a rock chick in London. Moby Dick is reincarnated as an iceberg. Darwin's giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands are re - encountered. A young man adds a twist to his intriguing heritage. In this richly imaginative and compelling collection of longer stories, Witi Ihimaera makes a playful and delightfully unique nod to influences from the past. Ranging across an intriguing and innovative variety of styles, subjects and settings, they defy the expected to reaffirm Ihimaera as one of New Zealand's finest technicians and storytellers.… (plus d'informations)

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A mix of stories here - some long and some short - each one with such rich descriptions and dialogue that you're right there. Such rich language. I didn't quite get the Moby Dick story - I think that was because the 'future' seemed to contrived and unreal. I'm now going to read Tupaia by Joan Druett to read more about the links with Tologa Bay. (

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The Thrill Of Falling was probably a natural choice for the title of Witi Ihimaera's latest work of fiction, as he is not unacquainted with that thrill. His recent career has seen him take his share of pratfalls, moments where the reach of his artistic ambition seemed to exceed his grasp.

But coming a-cropper is all part of risk-taking, and it is to Ihimaera's credit that this latest collection of long stories is still full of experimentation and literary derring-do, where a lesser author might have bolted for his comfort zone....But the show-stopper is the final, title story, The Thrill Of Falling. This is Ihimaera's contribution to what may well go down in history as Tupaiamania - the sudden, intense interest among scholars and artists in the historical figure of Tupaia, the Tahitian priest James Cook brought to New Zealand on his first voyage.

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A stunning collection of stories from one of New Zealand's favourite authors. What's new? A young woman utters her favourite mantras to take on the world. An old woman lives like a diva, re - enacting Casablanca. In a rewrite of a play, a singer becomes a rock chick in London. Moby Dick is reincarnated as an iceberg. Darwin's giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands are re - encountered. A young man adds a twist to his intriguing heritage. In this richly imaginative and compelling collection of longer stories, Witi Ihimaera makes a playful and delightfully unique nod to influences from the past. Ranging across an intriguing and innovative variety of styles, subjects and settings, they defy the expected to reaffirm Ihimaera as one of New Zealand's finest technicians and storytellers.

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