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Pūrākau: Māori Myths Retold by Māori Writers by Witi Ihimaera, Whiti Hereaka
4.0
These are not your childhood stories of Maui slowing the sun.
These are grown-up short stories, poetry, and other writings of Māori myths of creation, atua (gods), heroes, and monsters, mostly set in contemporary times.
It’s confronting, fresh, and often unexpected.
Highlights for me were:
These are grown-up short stories, poetry, and other writings of Māori myths of creation, atua (gods), heroes, and monsters, mostly set in contemporary times.
It’s confronting, fresh, and often unexpected.
Highlights for me were: