Becky Manawatu
Autor de Auē
Obras de Becky Manawatu
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1982
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Māori (Ngāi Tahu)
- País (para mapa)
- New Zealand
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Lugares de residencia
- Westport, New Zealand
Waimangaroa, New Zealand - Ocupaciones
- Reporter, Westport News
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 159
- Popularidad
- #132,375
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 16
- ISBNs
- 8
- Idiomas
- 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.… (más)