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The best of New Zealand’s short stories are brought together in this essential single-volume anthology. Descriptive and nuanced, the stories breathe life into a range of endearing characters and situa
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Edgar Mittelholzer's birth, this wide-ranging collection assembles recent essays on Mittelholzer as a pioneering Caribbean modernist, critical overviews of h
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