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Is the novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti really a must-read?
Anonymous review posted on behalf of one of the students Note: The reviewer briefly discusses the novel’s ending. The New Zealand writer Tina Makereti published her second novel, The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke, in 2018. It is about a … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged Book Review, historical fiction, Māori literature, Roots and Routes
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“He looked at me like a cold and thirsty sailor might look at a long hot mug of coffee spiked with whiskey”: Gaze and desire in Tina Makereti’s The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke
Tina Makereti’s 2018 novel The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke tells the story of a young Māori boy who travels to London to become part of an exhibition that displays Māori culture to an audience of Victorian England. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Literature from New Zealand
Tagged Desire, Exhibition, Gaze, historical fiction, Indigenous, London, Maori, Māori, Maori Literature, Queerness
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The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke – Book Review
“You only have one life in your possession, James. Why not make it of your most magnificent imagining?“ How do you go on when you’ve got no family member left and don’t know where you even belong? When you desperately … Continue reading
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Tagged Aotearoa New Zealand, Book Review, historical fiction, Indigenous Literature, London, Maori Literature
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Book Review: The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti
The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke by Tina Makereti tells the story of a young Māori orphan boy, James Pōneke, who has a great desire for education and to see the world. James, who is partially raised by missionaries, meets … Continue reading
Elements of Time in Joan Lindsay’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock”
this blogpost includes spoilers of the novel and its adaptations An uncanny premise Joan Lindsay’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1967) is a pseudo-historical Gothic Horror novel which was followed by its famous movie adaptation “The Day of Saint Valentine” in … Continue reading
Posted in Gothic & Horror
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Environmental Horror, Gothic & Horror, Gothic Horror, historical fiction, Joan Lindsay, Mystery Fiction, Outback, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Speculative Australia
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