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The Fossil Pits
Tim Corballis
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Description for The Fossil Pits
Paperback. The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 359.
The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand, to set aside reserves for Ngai Tahu within a large land-block purchased by the government, is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This evocative and finely observed novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love.
The story of Walter Mantell's 1848 journey down the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand, to set aside reserves for Ngai Tahu within a large land-block purchased by the government, is countered with a modern woman's very different story of violence on a South Island farm. This evocative and finely observed novel reveals different ways of seeing the land as well as the deals made in politics and in love.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, New Zealand
ISBN
9780864735089
SKU
V9780864735089
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-39
About Tim Corballis
Tim Corballis is the author of Below. His fiction has also appeared in Landfall, Sport, and The Picnic Virgin.
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