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[PDF] Stonefish | by Ç Keri Hulme
280 Keri Hulme

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Surreal and very poetic I felt like I was completing a puzzle with every story, but it was well worth the work.
Utterly bonkers just like my dreams
If I had to choose one set of words to describe this book, it would be, neo literary This is not an easy read , and the faint of heart or casual reader should not pick up this book If the constant use of Maori words does not get you, she does have a useful glossary in the back , then be prepared for Hulme s esoteric style of leaving things half said, using dashes, inserting poetry, and only sketching the scene Reading Hulme is like looking at a Franz Kline painting.This is the most difficult pie [...]
Surreal, fractured, often fantastic and set like stones into their environment, this collection of shorts plus the odd poem is like a collection of little puzzles It s certainly interesting to read rising to fascinating in some cases.Though as with any short story collection, some of the included tales are better than others My particular favourites were the truly excellent Floating Words and The Eyes of the Moonfish.
Two or three gems among these postmodern short stories,
Wonderful collection of short stories with magic elements from the New Zealand Maori culture.
Interesting.I didn t expect to actually like short stories, at least I like Hulmes a lot.
Stonefish has often been called an example of exploratory writing, and in many ways there is truth to this Many of the short stories explore various states of dream, which is quite different than what most of us consider typical writing However, I am quick to point out that many of these experiments are full of Maori tradition, culture, oral stories, etc that make them worthy of reading a few times as you try to find the point of each The title itself is rather telling The stonefish synanceia is [...]
I love her writing style I like magical realism and I like words I think she s good with both.