E rima tekau nga kupu mo te ua
Asha Lemmie, 2020
Penguin Whakaputa
464 p.
ISBN-13: 9781524746360
whakarāpopototanga
Nā te kaituhi tuatahi a Asha Lemmie, he pukapuka whakahirahira, whakamīharo mō te rapunga a tētahi wahine rangatahi kia whakaaetia i Hapani i muri i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao..
Kyoto, Hapani, 1948. "Kaua e pātai. Kaua e whawhai. Kaua e ātete."
Koinei te akoranga tuatahi a Noriko "Nori" Kamiza, e waru tau te pakeke.
—E kore ia e pātai he aha i whakarērea ai ia e tōna whaea mā ēnei kupu whakamutunga anake.
—Kāore ia e whawhai ki tōna herenga ki te rūma o runga o te whenua rangatira o ōna tūpuna.
—Kāore ia e ātete i ngā kaukau matū wera e tukuna ana ki a ia i ia rā hei whakamārama i tōna kiri.
He tamaiti a Nori nā tētahi rangatira Hapanihi kua moe tāne, me tana hoa wahine Āhurika-Amerika, he tangata whenua kē ia mai anō i tōna whānautanga. Nā ōna tūpuna ia i tango, ā, i huna noa iho, i te wehi kei pāngia te whakapapa kingi e hiahia ana rātou kia mau tonu i tēnei ao Hapanihi e hurihuri haere ana.
Ahakoa te ngohengohe, ka whakaae a Nori ki tōna oranga mokemoke, ahakoa tōna hinengaro me tōna hiahia ki te mōhio.
Engari i te taenga mai o tōna tuakana, a Akira, ki te whenua i waiho hei taonga tuku iho māna, ka kitea e Nori tētahi hoa rangatira kāore i te tino kitea, ā, ka hanga e ia he hononga kaha ki a ia—he hononga e kore e taea e ō rāua koroua me ō rāua kuia te whakaae, ā, ka huri rawa i te oranga i whakaritea mō rāua.
Nā te mea kua kite a Nori i tētahi ao kei reira pea he wāhi mōna, kua rite ia ki te whawhai kia whai wāhi atu ki taua ao—he pakanga ka ngaro pea i a ia ngā mea katoa.
E horapa ana i ngā tekau tau me ngā whenua, E rima tekau nga kupu mo te ua He pukapuka whakamiharo tēnei mō ngā here e here ana, ngā here e homai ana te kaha ki a koe, me te tikanga o te herekoretanga.Mai i te kaiwhakaputa.)