The Thrill of Falling

All my life I think I've been trying to find it again, that clarity, as if all the world's air were rushing into me and filling my lungs to the brim. And that sense of defying gravity before the thrill of falling. In this richly imaginative and compelling collection of longer stories, Witi Ihimaera ranges across an intriguing and surprising range of styles, subject matter and settings. A young Maori girl fights for a future in the grim reality of urban New Zealand; a fond nephew pays affectionate, humorous tribute to his glamorous aunt; a Kiwi rock diva faces her past in faraway London; Moby Dick is fabulously reincarnated in post-climate change Antarctica; a dying woman recalls the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands; a shy boy from the East Coast makes an extraordinary journey with his famous ancestor, Tupaea. In these profound, often funny, always memorable stories Ihimaera again defies the expected to reaffirm his place as one of this country's finest technicians and storytellers.

Featured in the Autumn 2012 Teen Reads newsletter.
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Featured in the 14 May 2012 New Zealand newsletter.
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