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CowrieCATHIE DUNSFORD Cowrie is a crucial novel, testing the nature of identity on personal, cultural and global levels. - Audre Lorde translated into Turkish and German |
Cowrie travels to Hawai’i and as she circles the island in an old pick-up truck we discover the tokens of her heritage. Sensual and sexual language brings the earth to life, and Cowrie too as she tests the limits of her endurance and explores her erotic connection with the earth. Island life erupts through the descriptions and you can taste the tropical fruit, the fish cooked in banana leaves and coconut, and smell the sweet fresh ginger.
‘A wonderfully-competent angling and archeologizing lesbian, who needs to know her roots: take an attractive – because accurate – picture of Hawaii … and take dignity and irresolution of all our lives … Cath Dunsford’s first novel (of a series, I hope), is a gentle, determined, insightful and womanful book.’ —Keri Hulme
‘There is freshness, humour and honesty in the writing it both charms and enlightens.’ —Canberra Times
‘This wonderful story will appeal to all lovers of fine women’s fiction.’ —Marlborough Express
‘In this gentle, glowing story, dreams and myths are interwoven with sensuous descriptions of food, and the anguish and the celebration of love and sexuality.’—Australian Book Review
‘The realism is magical. The reader is transported fluidly between physical, mythical, political, and emotional landscapes.’ —Australian Women’s Book Review
Map of Cowrie's Pacific. (This is a large file, and may take some time to download.)
Cathie Dunsford's novel The Journey Home/Te Haerenga Kainga continues the story of Cowrie. Cowrie and The Journey Home have been translated into German by Rogner & Bernhard in a joint volume under the title Kia Kaha Cowrie. Cathie Dunsford is a writer, teacher and publishing consultant. Her books include 4 novels, Cowrie, The Journey Home, Manawa Toa, and Song of The Selkies, a collection of poetry, Survivors/Uberlebende and anthologies, Me and Marilyn Monroe, Subversive Acts, The Exploding Frangipani, Car Maintenance, Love and Explosives and New Women's Fiction.
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