| The Fossil Pits Contributor(s): Corballis, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0864735081 ISBN-13: 9780864735089 Publisher: Victoria University Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand, to set aside reserves for Ngai Tahu within a large land-block purchased by the government, is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This evocative and finely observed novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006386894 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.66" W x 7.9" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand, to set aside reserves for Ngai Tahu within a large land-block purchased by the government, is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This evocative and finely observed novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love. |