Piripai is natural history as prose poetry.
It is a story of place, time and a subtle coming of age on the sand dunes between the river and the sea.
The book is structured around twenty-six birds that inhabited Piripai , and ordered according to the time of year, beginning in spring and ending in winter.
It is suffused with observation and memory, conveyed in a stripped-back style that both evokes and abstracts.
Through the eyes of the book's three characters - the girl, the woman, and the man - we learn about their family, their culture, their birds and the rough, beautiful land they call home.
Lasavia Publishing Piripai, hardcover/leila lees
