The Burning River
| Year for Search |
2019
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| Annotation |
The novel is set in a future Aotearoa/New Zealand that has experienced a devastating environmental collapse and follows the experiences of one Pākehā man who travels across the country with a few Māori in search of connections among people and the possibility of rebuilding the country. In the future, and in the text, people are bilingual in English and Māori and use the languages as if they were one. |
| Pagination |
335 pp.
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| Published Date |
2019 |
| Publisher |
Victoria University Press
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| Place Published |
Wellington, New Zealand
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| ISSN Number |
9781776562237
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| Full Text |
2019 Patchett, Lawrence. The Burning River. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press. Parts were originally published as “The Road to Tokomairiro.” Sport: New Zealand Literary Magazine, no. 39 (2011); and “Intruder.” Illus. Overland, no. 219 (Winter 2015): 42-45. https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-219/fiction-lawrence-patc… PSt The novel is set in a future Aotearoa/New Zealand that has experienced a devastating environmental collapse and follows the experiences of one Pākehā man who travels across the country with a few Māori in search of connections among people and the possibility of rebuilding the country. In the future, and in the text, people are bilingual in English and Māori and use the languages as if they were one. Aotearoa/New Zealand Pākehā author. |
| Additional Publishers |
Parts were originally published as “The Road to Tokomairiro.” Sport: New Zealand Literary Magazine, no. 39 (2011); and “Intruder.” Illus. Overland, no. 219 (Winter 2015): 42-45 https://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-219/fiction-lawrence-patc… |
| Author Note |
Aotearoa/New Zealand Pākehā author. |
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