Tu
$32.00
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2004
Summary
‘This novel will become a classic’ - Next magazine on this prize-winning masterpiece.
Three brothers, one war and multiple secrets.
Tu is proud of his name - it belongs to the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier, there’s a shadow over his war experience with the Maori Battalion in Italy. Three young men from the one family went to war, but only one returned – Tu is the sole survivor. Now, when his young niece and nephew come looking for answers, Tu is brought face t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143019206 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143019201 |
| Author: | Patricia Grace |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 379g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Patricia Grace
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.
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