Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Poems
Bringing together a wide variety of approaches - haikus, lyrics, laments, conversations, narratives, traditional form and modern, English and Maori - this volume showcases the finest examples of Hone's poetry.
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| ISBN-13 |
9781869795788 |
| ISBN-10 |
1869795784 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Available at publisher; usually ships 5-14 working days |
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| Publisher |
Random House |
| Imprint |
Godwit |
| Publication Date |
15 July 2011
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| Publication Country |
 New Zealand |
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| Format |
Trade Paperback/Paperback |
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| Author(s) |
By Tuwhare, Hone |
| Category |
Poetry Texts & Anthologies
Fiction
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| NBS Text |
Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
344 |
| Dimensions |
Not specified |
| Weight |
846g |
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| Dewey Code |
821.2 |
| Catalogue Code |
197454 |
Description of this Book
'A poem is a ripple of words on water wind-huffed' Hone Tuwhare, one of this country's best-loved poets, died in 2008. He became New Zealand's second Te Mata Poet Laureate in 1999 and in 2003 was among ten of New Zealand's greatest living artists named as Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists. His rhythmic voice ranges from playful, earthy, wry and cheeky to protesting, political and angry, to loving, gentle and elegaic. Delighting in the everyday, he has an acute eye for detail, a deep love of the land, of the sun and moon, of water and weather, and of the passing of time. He evokes Maori myth and waiata, but also embraces the wider world, straying overseas. And throughout, his poems circle around friendship, loss and love. Bringing together a wide variety of approaches - haikus, lyrics, laments, conversations, narratives, traditional form and modern, English and Maori - this volume showcases the finest examples of Hone's poetry, from his early triumph in No Ordinary Sun (one of the most widely read and reprinted collections of poems in New Zealand), through his years as a political activist, husband and father, right up to his final works published in his eighties. Also included are new translations into Maori of a number of Hone's poems made by Waihoroi Shortland and Selwyn Muru.
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Author's Bio
Born in 1922 in Kaikohe into the Ngapuhi tribe (hapu Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te Popoto, Uri-o-hau), Hone Tuwhare was a boilermaker, political activist, husband and father, and poet. He won two Montana New Zealand book awards, was made Te Mata Poet Laureate in 1999, and held two honorary doctorates in literature. In 2003 he was among ten of New Zealand's greatest living artists named as Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists. Tuwhare died in 2008. Translators: Waihoroi Shortland of Ngati Hine and Te Aupouri descent is a former member of the Department of Maori Affairs, print and radio journalist, actor, film and television writer. Selwyn Muru of Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Te Paatu, Ngati Rehia, Murikahara and Te Whakatohea is an artist, broadcaster, actor, writer, film maker. Pat Hohepa of the Mahurehure sub-tribe of Ngapuhi is an author, linguist, and academic. Formerly Professor of Maori Studies at the University of Auckland, he achieved his PhD in linguistics in the United States.
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