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‘I’d sort of sworn off endorsing novels, but this is so good, I can’t resist … James George is a wonderful find and Hummingbird is surely destined for a wide audience’ – Dame Fiona Kidman
In this, James George’s extraordinary second novel, three people, strangers all, are thrown together in a world of sand and ocean and sky on Northland’s Ninety ile Beach.
Jordan – a tattooed man who lives alone at the base of his ancestral hill in a boat that was never launched – has his solitude broken by the arrival of two travelers: one who falls from the air, another who arrives following childhood memories. Kingi, a distinguished battle of Britain veteran, is journeying to keep a promise made on Crete half a century ago. Kataraina, a former prostitute, has left Sydney’s Kings Cross and is finally traveling home. But their journeys and their lives change forever with the arrival of a young woman and her daughter …
This novel sets global conflict against a sensuous search for love. The action sweeps across fifty years, and the ranges around the globe from New Zealand to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Hummingbird is a bittersweet exploration of freedom and confinement, parenthood and family, home and belonging.
‘I loved it. It’s perceptive, passionate, powerful and I didn’t want it to end’ – Renee
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‘I loved it. It’s perceptive, passionate, powerful and I didn’t want it to end’ -- Renee
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Paperback. Condition: Good. In this, James George's extraordinary second novel, three people, strangers all, are thrown together in a world of sand and ocean and sky on Northland's Ninety Mile Beach. Jordan - a tattooed man who lives alone at the base of his ancestral hill in a boat that was never launched - has his solitude broken by the arrival of two travellers: one who falls from the air, another who arrives following childhood tracks. Kingi, a distinguished Battle of Britain veteran, is journeying to keep a promise made on Crete half a century ago. Kataraina, a former prostitute, has left Sydney's Kings Cross and is finally travelling home. But their journeys and their lives change forever with the arrival of a young woman and her daughter a| This novel sets global conflict against a sensuous search for love. The action sweeps across fifty years, and ranges around the globe from New Zealand to northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Hummingbird is a bittersweet exploration of freedom and confinement, parenthood and family, home and belonging. Some foxing to text block edges. 360 pages. Seller Inventory # 1590102
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 343 pages. cover corners lightly worn, good clean copyIn this, James George's extraordinary second novel, three people, strangers a ll, are thrown together in a world of sand and ocean and sky on Northland's Nine ty Mile Beach. Jordan - a tattooed man who lives alone at the base of his ancest. Seller Inventory # 2670b
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 360 pages. ?I?Ç'd sort of sworn off endorsing novels, but this is so good, I can?Ç 't resist ? James George is a wonderful find and Hummingbird is surely destined for a wide audience?Ç' ? Dame Fiona Kidman In this, James George?Ç's ext. Seller Inventory # 1045c
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Hummingbird
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Huia Publishers, Wellington, New Zealand, 2003
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Hummingbird: A Novel
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by James George on the title page with no inscription; a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 021298