| Tu: He Pakimaero Contributor(s): Grace, Patricia (Author), Kaa, Te Ohorere (Translator), Kaa, Wiremu (Translator) |
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ISBN: 177550042X ISBN-13: 9781775500421 Publisher: Huia Pub. OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Maori Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 366 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this Māori translation of the Kiriyama Prize Notable Book, acclaimed Māori novelist Patricia Grace visits the often terrifying and complex world faced by men of the Maori Battalion in Italy during World War II. Tu is proud of his name--the Māori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his own war experience in Italy. Three brothers went to war, but only one returned--Tu is the sole survivor. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grace, Patricia: - Patricia Grace is the first Maori woman to publish a collection of short stories (1975). Since then she has published three other short story collections, three award-winning novels, and several children's books. Her novel Dogside Story (UH Press edition, 2002) won the 2001 Kiriyama Prize for fiction. She is widely anthologized and translated into more than eight languages, and is considered not only one of the finest writers in New Zealand and the Pacific, but one of the most important writers of the post-colonial novel in English in the world today. |