The Artist by Solly, Ruby

The Artist (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781776920709)

Vendor: Ruby Solly
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$19.95
$19.95
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The Artist by Solly, Ruby

The Artist

$19.95
The Artist by Solly, Ruby

The Artist

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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At first there is nothing but black sand, then something begins to grow; a gentle song emerges so bright that sound becomes sight . . . And so from the black the world is sung into being, not for us, but for itself, but for the song. In a Southern land, where the veil of time and space has worn thin, twins with otherworldly ways are born to a stone carver and his wife. As they grow into themselves, the landscape and its histories will rise up to meet them and change their whanau forever. Cave art leaps from walls, pounamu birds sing, legends become reality, and history becomes the present in this verse novel by Ruby Solly (Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Kai Tahu). The Artist brings to life the histories of our great Southern iwi through the whakapapa of its characters and the rich world they and their ancestors call their turakawaewae-- their place to stand, their place to sing.

Author: Ruby Solly
ISBN-10: 1776920708
ISBN-13: 9781776920709
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2024
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
By Ruby Solly
By Ruby Solly
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Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe) is a writer, musician and taonga puoro practitioner living in Poneke. Her first book, Toku Papa, was published in 2021 and longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. She has had poetry published in Aotearoa, Australia, America and Antarctica. In 2020 she released her debut album, Poneke, and in 2021, Bird Like Men, as part of the group Tararua. She is currently completing a PhD in public health, focusing on the use of taonga puoro in hauora Maori.

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