Author: Fay Weldon
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 1609451503
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
“As a study of fiction, femininity and family it is bursting with intelligence and fire”—from the award-winning author of Death of a She Devil (The Telegraph). Your writer, in conjuring this tale of murder, adultery, incest, ghosts, redemption, and remorse, takes you first to a daffodil-filled garden in Highgate, North London, where, just outside the kitchen window, something startling shimmers on the very edges of perception. Fluttering and chattering, these are our kehua—a whole multiplying flock of Maori spirits (all will be explained) goaded into wakefulness by the conversation within. Scarlet—a long-legged, skinny young woman of the new world order—has announced to Beverley, her aged grandmother, that she intends to leave home and husband for the glamorous actor, Jackson Wright, he of the vampire films. Beverley may be well on her way to her ninth decade, but she’s not beyond using this intelligence to stir up a little trouble. How the kehua became attached to a three-year-old white girl is the origin of your writer’s tale. Suffice to say that murder is at the root of it all, that Beverley and her female bloodline carry a weighty spiritual burden and that this is the story of how they learn to live with their ghosts, or maybe how their ghosts learn to live with them. “A haunting book . . . The novel is a spirited triumph: adroit, affecting and bung-full of genuine humour and ideas.” —The Guardian “Weldon crafts this traffic between spirit worlds with characteristic wit, and without sacrificing the intricacies of a family’s struggle to accept its past.” —Financial Times “Wonderfully wicked, highly readable.” —Independent
Kehua!
Author: Fay Weldon
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 1609451503
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
“As a study of fiction, femininity and family it is bursting with intelligence and fire”—from the award-winning author of Death of a She Devil (The Telegraph). Your writer, in conjuring this tale of murder, adultery, incest, ghosts, redemption, and remorse, takes you first to a daffodil-filled garden in Highgate, North London, where, just outside the kitchen window, something startling shimmers on the very edges of perception. Fluttering and chattering, these are our kehua—a whole multiplying flock of Maori spirits (all will be explained) goaded into wakefulness by the conversation within. Scarlet—a long-legged, skinny young woman of the new world order—has announced to Beverley, her aged grandmother, that she intends to leave home and husband for the glamorous actor, Jackson Wright, he of the vampire films. Beverley may be well on her way to her ninth decade, but she’s not beyond using this intelligence to stir up a little trouble. How the kehua became attached to a three-year-old white girl is the origin of your writer’s tale. Suffice to say that murder is at the root of it all, that Beverley and her female bloodline carry a weighty spiritual burden and that this is the story of how they learn to live with their ghosts, or maybe how their ghosts learn to live with them. “A haunting book . . . The novel is a spirited triumph: adroit, affecting and bung-full of genuine humour and ideas.” —The Guardian “Weldon crafts this traffic between spirit worlds with characteristic wit, and without sacrificing the intricacies of a family’s struggle to accept its past.” —Financial Times “Wonderfully wicked, highly readable.” —Independent
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 1609451503
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
“As a study of fiction, femininity and family it is bursting with intelligence and fire”—from the award-winning author of Death of a She Devil (The Telegraph). Your writer, in conjuring this tale of murder, adultery, incest, ghosts, redemption, and remorse, takes you first to a daffodil-filled garden in Highgate, North London, where, just outside the kitchen window, something startling shimmers on the very edges of perception. Fluttering and chattering, these are our kehua—a whole multiplying flock of Maori spirits (all will be explained) goaded into wakefulness by the conversation within. Scarlet—a long-legged, skinny young woman of the new world order—has announced to Beverley, her aged grandmother, that she intends to leave home and husband for the glamorous actor, Jackson Wright, he of the vampire films. Beverley may be well on her way to her ninth decade, but she’s not beyond using this intelligence to stir up a little trouble. How the kehua became attached to a three-year-old white girl is the origin of your writer’s tale. Suffice to say that murder is at the root of it all, that Beverley and her female bloodline carry a weighty spiritual burden and that this is the story of how they learn to live with their ghosts, or maybe how their ghosts learn to live with them. “A haunting book . . . The novel is a spirited triumph: adroit, affecting and bung-full of genuine humour and ideas.” —The Guardian “Weldon crafts this traffic between spirit worlds with characteristic wit, and without sacrificing the intricacies of a family’s struggle to accept its past.” —Financial Times “Wonderfully wicked, highly readable.” —Independent
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 878
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Transactions
Author: Royal Society of New Zealand
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Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Transactions and Proceedings
Author: Royal Society of New Zealand
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Author: Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
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Category : Polynesia
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
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Category : Polynesia
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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Category : Science
Languages : en
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Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress.
Bulletin
Author: Dominion Museum (N.Z.)
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
发展中的高新技术企业
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Category : High technology industries
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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中英文本
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Category : High technology industries
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
中英文本
Magic and Makutu
Author: David Hair
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1775490491
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The sixth title in the Aotearoa series, For Matiu Douglas, apprentice tohunga, the ultimate test of his skill, courage and magical prowess awaits. Hine-nui-te-po, Goddess of Death, is calling and from all across Aotearoa, those who dream of power and immortality are gathering for the struggle. Mat and his friends must face old enemies and new as they seek to prevent the destruction of a city and the inexorable rise of evil. to succeed will bring immortality, power and the love of the goddess. to fail is to die, and doom the land.Return to Aotearoa, where past, present, myth and magic dwell together in one timeless, unforgettable place.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 1775490491
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The sixth title in the Aotearoa series, For Matiu Douglas, apprentice tohunga, the ultimate test of his skill, courage and magical prowess awaits. Hine-nui-te-po, Goddess of Death, is calling and from all across Aotearoa, those who dream of power and immortality are gathering for the struggle. Mat and his friends must face old enemies and new as they seek to prevent the destruction of a city and the inexorable rise of evil. to succeed will bring immortality, power and the love of the goddess. to fail is to die, and doom the land.Return to Aotearoa, where past, present, myth and magic dwell together in one timeless, unforgettable place.