Author

Publication

1995 - Auckland University Press, Auckland, New Zealand

Language

English

Word Count

22,250 words, Guess

Page Count

89 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101869401220
  • ISBN-139781869401221
  • Library of Congress Control Number95191167
  • OCLC Control Number33880142
  • Open LibraryOL899234M

Classifications

  • DDC821
  • LCCPR9665.9.W46 P46 1995

Description

In Albert Wendt's new poems, his first collection for over a decade, snapshots of the close and familiar contrast with strange and mythical sequences from a vast Pacific epic in progress and a vivid impressionistic montage of global travel in the late twentieth century. The rich diversity and range of Photographs is astonishing, as this complex writer moves with ease and fluency from ancient Polynesia to contemporary China to family celebrations in an Auckland garden, and through a variety of tones and voices. The collection celebrates grandchildren, family, ancestors and a heritage that stretches back to the atua; and shows a profound and compassionate understanding of the ways we now live in these islands.

Subjects

Topics

PoetryIslands of the Pacific -- Poetry

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