Kataraina
Author: Manawatu, Becky
ISBN: 9781761381454
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Year first published: 29 Apr 2025
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The much-awaited follow-up to the award-winning international bestseller Plt;iPgt;AuP#275;.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
In Plt;iPgt;AuP#275;Plt;/iPgt;, eight-year-old P#256;rama was taken by his brother, Taukiri, to live with Kat and Stu at the farm in KaikP#333;ura, setting in motion the ensuing tragedy, which resulted in StuP#8217;s death. Aunty Kat was at the centre of events, but, silenced by abuse, her voice was absent from the story.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt;, Kat and her whP#257;nau take over the telling. As one, the famiily recounts her childhood and the time when she first began to feel the greenness of the swamp in her veins P#8212; the swamp that holds her tears and the tears of generations of tP#299;puna; the swamp on the land owned by Stu that has been growing since the day he was killed.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Unflinching in its portrayal of intergenerational trauma and violence, tender in its harnessing of the hope that future generations represent, Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt; is a stunning novel that confirms Becky Manawatu as one of the most talented and powerful writers working in Aotearoa/New Zealand today.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Words are powerful matter and Manawatu wields language like an axe against a stump P#8230; her writing style is reminiscent of Melissa Lucashenko, Toni Morrison, and Keri Hulme P#8230; I felt my tongue change while reading Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt;, and the experience felt tapu (sacred) as the language tumbled down the back of my throat to the guts P#8230; a generous, expansive, masterful novel.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8212;Tara June Winch, Plt;iPgt;The GuardianPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt; is beautifully penned; interspersed with MP#257;ori language and Aotearoa/New Zealand colloquialisms P#8230; Manawatu writes to reclaim womenP#39;s stories and to pay tribute to those who came before her. She tackles grief, domestic violence, intergenerational trauma, and colonisation with a sharp, compassionate eye.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8212;Danielle Bagnato, Plt;iPgt;The Big IssuePlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;The natural environment cradles the narrative and our characters as ManawatuP#8217;s effortless figurative language is intertwined with the languages of science: lush ecology, resources and knowledge sits in the deep fabric of the environment.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8212;Jenna Todd, Plt;iPgt;The SpinoffPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
ISBN: 9781761381454
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Year first published: 29 Apr 2025
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The much-awaited follow-up to the award-winning international bestseller Plt;iPgt;AuP#275;.Plt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
In Plt;iPgt;AuP#275;Plt;/iPgt;, eight-year-old P#256;rama was taken by his brother, Taukiri, to live with Kat and Stu at the farm in KaikP#333;ura, setting in motion the ensuing tragedy, which resulted in StuP#8217;s death. Aunty Kat was at the centre of events, but, silenced by abuse, her voice was absent from the story.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt;, Kat and her whP#257;nau take over the telling. As one, the famiily recounts her childhood and the time when she first began to feel the greenness of the swamp in her veins P#8212; the swamp that holds her tears and the tears of generations of tP#299;puna; the swamp on the land owned by Stu that has been growing since the day he was killed.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Unflinching in its portrayal of intergenerational trauma and violence, tender in its harnessing of the hope that future generations represent, Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt; is a stunning novel that confirms Becky Manawatu as one of the most talented and powerful writers working in Aotearoa/New Zealand today.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Words are powerful matter and Manawatu wields language like an axe against a stump P#8230; her writing style is reminiscent of Melissa Lucashenko, Toni Morrison, and Keri Hulme P#8230; I felt my tongue change while reading Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt;, and the experience felt tapu (sacred) as the language tumbled down the back of my throat to the guts P#8230; a generous, expansive, masterful novel.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8212;Tara June Winch, Plt;iPgt;The GuardianPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;Plt;iPgt;KatarainaPlt;/iPgt; is beautifully penned; interspersed with MP#257;ori language and Aotearoa/New Zealand colloquialisms P#8230; Manawatu writes to reclaim womenP#39;s stories and to pay tribute to those who came before her. She tackles grief, domestic violence, intergenerational trauma, and colonisation with a sharp, compassionate eye.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8212;Danielle Bagnato, Plt;iPgt;The Big IssuePlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8216;The natural environment cradles the narrative and our characters as ManawatuP#8217;s effortless figurative language is intertwined with the languages of science: lush ecology, resources and knowledge sits in the deep fabric of the environment.P#8217;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8212;Jenna Todd, Plt;iPgt;The SpinoffPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;
