Bird Child and Other Stories

Name: Bird Child and Other Stories
Brand: Penguin Group (NZ)
SKU: 9781776950546
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By Patricia Grace

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Brief Description

A powerful new collection from one of Aotearoa's most esteemed fiction writers. Mythology and contemporary Māori life are woven together seamlessly in this spectacular collection by Aotearoa's foremost short story writer. The titular story Bird Child plunges you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before... Read More

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Bird Child and Other Stories

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A powerful new collection from one of Aotearoa's most esteemed fiction writers.

Mythology and contemporary Māori life are woven together seamlessly in this spectacular collection by Aotearoa's foremost short story writer.

The titular story Bird Child plunges you deep into Te Kore, an ancient time before time. In another, the formidable goddess Mahuika, Keeper of Fire, becomes a doting mother and friend. Later, Grace's own childhood vividly shapes the world of the young character Mereana; and a widower's hilariously human struggle to parent his seven daughters is told with trademark wit and crackling dialogue.

Moving artfully across decades, landscapes, time and space, with tenderness and charm, Bird Child and Other Stories shows an author as adept and stimulating as ever.

"Grace's stories make a shining and enduring place formed of the brilliant weave of Māori oral storytelling." - Joy Harjo

Fly Bird, fly Child, in every direction.
Know what there is to know of everything terrestrial,
Of all that has been laid out by Tāne-nui-a-Rangi.
Fly high. Fly high.
Know all that is celestial.
Attain the uncountable stars.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781776950546

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2024

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 338g

Pages: 272

Collections

Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction New at Book Hero New Zealand Fiction New Zealand Published Fiction Patricia Grace

About the Author

Patricia Grace (Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa) is one of New Zealand's most celebrated writers. She has published over 35 titles, including novels, short-story collections, works of non-fiction and books for children, a number of which have been translated into te reo Maori. Among numerous awards, she won the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards in 1986 for the much-loved Potiki, which also won the New Zealand Fiction Award in 1987. She was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001 with Dogside Story, which won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Fiction Prize. Tu won the 2005 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Fiction Prize and the Deutz Medal for Fiction and Poetry. Her children's story The Kuia and the Spider won the Children's Picture Book of the Year and she has also won the New Zealand Book Awards For Children and Young Adults Te Kura Pounamu Award. Patricia was born in Wellington and lives in Plimmerton on ancestral land, in close proximity to her home marae at Hongoeka Bay. Her book Cousins was made into an internationally-acclaimed film in 2021, directed by daughter in law Briar Grace-Smith and Ainsley Gardiner.