Electric City
by Patricia Grace
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These are short stories about ordinary folk leading seemingly ordinary lives. The power of community, extended family and culture are central to all.Tags
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A collection of Grace's short stories, mostly slice-of-life. A range of [Māori] protagonists: many children, many women, a few men. Some sweet, some sour - more on the dark than the bright side of life - and the occasional one ending almost on a punchline.
Grace's Potiki is one of my favourite novels, possibly my favourite New Zealand novel; these short stories didn't disappoint.
Grace's Potiki is one of my favourite novels, possibly my favourite New Zealand novel; these short stories didn't disappoint.
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Novelist, short story writer, and children's author Patricia Grace was born in Wellington, New Zealand on August 17, 1937. She was a teacher in primary and secondary schools in Northland, Picton, and King County, New Zealand. She is of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa descent and has been instrumental in the emergence of Maori fiction in show more English. Her first collection of stories, Waiariki, was published in 1975 and won the PEN/Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction. Her second novel, Potiki, won the fiction section of the New Zealand Book Awards in 1987. Her children's book, The Kuia and the Spider, was the winner of the Children's Picture Book of the Year award in 1982. Another children's book, The Trolley, won the Russell Clark Award in 1994. She also won the 2005 Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry for Tu. She was honored as a living icon of New Zealand art in 2005 and currently lives in Plimmerton, New Zealand. Her title Chappy made the New Zealand Bst Seller List in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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