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11.
Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
This is a collection of work from Katherine Mansfield, a writer of short fiction. In the title story, we meet Bertha, a young married woman, who experiences a blissful sexual awakening, only to be cruelly disillusioned.
12.
Bloody Woman by Lana Lopesi EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Bloody Woman is bloody good writing. It moves between academic, journalistic and personal essay. I love that Lana moves back and forward across these genres: weaving, weaving – spinning the web, weaving the sparkling threads under our hands, back and forward across a number of spaces, pulling and holding the tensions, holding up the baskets of knowledge. Tusiata Avia This wayfinding set of essays, by acclaimed writer and critic Lana Lopesi, explores the overlap of being a woman and Sāmoan. Writing on ancestral ideas of womanhood appears alongside contemporary reflections on women's experiences... continue
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Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Uprooted from his privileged European life and sent to New Zealand to sort himself out, 21-year-old Daniel pieces together the history of his Maori family. As his relatives revisit their past, Daniel learns of a remarkable love story between his Maori grandmother Oriwia and his Japanese grandfather Chappy. The more Daniel hears about his deceased grandfather, the more intriguing and elusive Chappy becomes. In this touching portrayal of family life, acclaimed writer Patricia Grace explores racial intolerance, cross-cultural conflicts and the universal desire to belong. Spanning several decades ... continue
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Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
It was a horrible death - lured into a pool of boiling mud and left there to die. Far from home on a wartime quest for German agents, Chief Inspector Alleyn knew that any number of people could have killed him.
16.
Daughter of Gloriavale by Lilia Tarawa EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices.
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Dogside Story by Patricia Grace EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
There is conflict in the whanau. The young man Te Rua holds a secret for life, the one to die with . But he realises that if he is to acknowledge and claim his daughter, the secret will have to be told. The Sisters are threatening to drag the whanau through the courts. But why? What is really going on? Meanwhile, wider events are encroaching. Visitors will arrive in numbers to this East Coast site, wanting to be among the first in the world to see the new millennium. There are plans to be put into action, there's money to be made, and there's high drama as the millennium turns . . . Like Potik... continue
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El ensayo general by Eleanor Catton ES
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
«Es imposible comprar entradas para una función como esta y esperar no perder la; inocencia. Es imposible. Tienen que saber a lo que se exponen, ya no son unos niños.» El ensayo general comienza de verdad cuando la prestigiosa Escuela de Teatro de una ciudad neozelandesa inicia las duras pruebas de selección para escoger a aquellos jóvenes con mejores cualidades. Como aún les falta la experiencia en la vida para enfrentarse a ciertos personajes, los profesores de la Escuela les enseñarán a hurgar con dureza en sus emociones más vulnerables para crearlos, ya que tendrán que aprender a utilizarl... continue
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El mar alrededor by Keri Hulme ES
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
En la solitaria torre junto a la costa neozelandesa en la que vive recluida Kerewin Holmes, una artista de ascendencia europea y maorí, irrumpe durante una tormenta Simon, un niño de apariencia salvaje, mudo y rubio como el sol. A la mañana siguiente llegará para recogerlo su padrastro, Joe, un operario de fábrica maorí. Entre el magnético niño, el extrañamente tierno padrastro y la hosca Kerewin pronto nacerá un vínculo singular que, progresivamente, los llevará a adentrarse en el enigma de sus pasados
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Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Inspired by Heart of Darkness but set in a dystopian New Zealand, it explores themes of family, love, solitude, fulfilment, success, survival, death and many others.