Tail of the Taniwha
Subtitle: a collection of short stories
By: Courtney Sina Meredith
Publisher: Beatnik Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780992264895
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: New Zealand Short stories
Description: Snippets of witty conversations between ex-lovers and young artists make way for discussions of serious family secrets; dreams of red lilies and tapu stars co-exist with dreams of bottle-shop wine at supermarket prices. Tail of the Taniwha is Merediths first book of short stories and follows her much lauded 2012 collection of poems Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick (Beatnik Publishing) and multi-award-winning 2010 play Rushing Dolls (Playmarket, 2012).
Notes: General.
Table of contents: title: Great works; title: A/B; title: Ibu & Tufuga; title: Aotahi; title: The coconut king; title: Taniwha house; title: Manifesto; title: Perfumed stars; title: Hundred; title: The youthful dead; title: Leaning trees; title: X; title: Patriarch, eldest son, ghost son, daughter; title: Corner of Bleibtreu; title: Dreams; title: Old friend; title: 25; title: 'New Zealand you'.