Lucky Punch
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ISBN 9780473367510
The first collection by new Pasifika voice Simone Kaho, Lucky Punch is a love story set in tiny natural worlds sheltering from the encroaching urban dystopia of 1980s Auckland. The characters grow up together, yearn, fight, dream and stare at walls. Their personality quirks clash with social norms as they navigate through cultural voids and colonial Pacific bloodlines.
Simone Kaho is a New Zealand poet with Tongan ancestry. She grew up in the ’80s in Waterview, Auckland; a kid fascinated by the backyard, the creek and two dairies equal distance from home. She was awarded a Masters in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in 2011.
Published by Anahera Press, November 2016
Soft cover, 88 pages
148×210mm, upright
Wholesale $15.30 + GST
RRP $30.00
ISBN 9780473367510
The first collection by new Pasifika voice Simone Kaho, Lucky Punch is a love story set in tiny natural worlds sheltering from the encroaching urban dystopia of 1980s Auckland. The characters grow up together, yearn, fight, dream and stare at walls. Their personality quirks clash with social norms as they navigate through cultural voids and colonial Pacific bloodlines.
Simone Kaho is a New Zealand poet with Tongan ancestry. She grew up in the ’80s in Waterview, Auckland; a kid fascinated by the backyard, the creek and two dairies equal distance from home. She was awarded a Masters in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in 2011.
Published by Anahera Press, November 2016
Soft cover, 88 pages
148×210mm, upright
Wholesale $15.30 + GST
RRP $30.00
ISBN 9780473367510
The first collection by new Pasifika voice Simone Kaho, Lucky Punch is a love story set in tiny natural worlds sheltering from the encroaching urban dystopia of 1980s Auckland. The characters grow up together, yearn, fight, dream and stare at walls. Their personality quirks clash with social norms as they navigate through cultural voids and colonial Pacific bloodlines.
Simone Kaho is a New Zealand poet with Tongan ancestry. She grew up in the ’80s in Waterview, Auckland; a kid fascinated by the backyard, the creek and two dairies equal distance from home. She was awarded a Masters in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington in 2011.
Published by Anahera Press, November 2016
Soft cover, 88 pages
148×210mm, upright
Praise for Lucky Punch
“A beautifully filmed, understated thriller of a collection.”
—Hinemoana Baker
“An utterly compelling, unusual and deeply felt love story.”
—Anne Kennedy
“One of the most satisfying & absorbing poetry collections I have read in a very long time.”
—Karlo Mila