Hailman

Author(s): Leanne Radojkovich

Short Stories

A collection of short stories. In the title story, a child builds a snowman out of ice with her mum's friend Joyce and skirts round the edge of some adult truths. In 'Growing', a daughter visits her mother in the nursing home and tries to bond with her over flower seeds. In 'Double Dose', Patsy makes a Covid-y journey back to her hometown and touches on unpleasant memories of the past.

Set in Aotearoa’s small towns and cities, the stories in this pukapuka dissect moments where the past crashes into the present – which can happen anywhere. In carports and kitchens. On stairwells. The protagonists meet truth and must decide whether to stand, fall or run.


 


Frankie McMillan (The Father of Octopus Wrestling) has said of Hailman“Clear eyed and nuanced, these deeply moving stories show characters whose pasts often catch up with their present lives. As in the best of poetry, it leaves your heart a few sizes larger… Full of insight into the human condition, and with a poet’s eye for the natural world, these stories ripple out in every widening circles. Radojkovich is a fresh, exciting new voice on the New Zealand/Aotearoa literary scene.”


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'Perhaps I love this collection so much, because it is a book I feel. I feel what is present and I feel what is absent. I choose the word 'prism' to underline how the thematic hues spark and shift. You see life in sensory gleams. [...] It is a collection to lose yourself in and then discover multiple rewarding paths to your own bridges and connections. It's narrative as nourishment.' - Paula Greene for Poetry Shelf



Radojkovich has Dalmatian heritage and was born in Kirikiriroa. She now lives in Tāmaki Makaurau where she works as a librarian. She holds a Master of Creative Writing (First Class Honours) from AUT Auckland University of Technology.



 

General Fields

  • : 9781912915705
  • : Emma Press, The
  • : Emma Press
  • : May 2021
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Leanne Radojkovich
  • : paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 80