Greta and Valdin

Bestseller and international sensation Greta & Valdin has captivated readers everywhere with its offbeat comedy and quirky goodness.


Valdin
is still in love with his ex-boyfriend Xabi, who used to drive around
Auckland in a ute but now drives around Buenos Aires in one. Greta is in
love with her fellow English tutor Holly, who doesn’t know how to
pronounce Greta’s surname, Vladisavljevic, properly.


From
their Auckland apartment, brother and sister must navigate the
intricate paths of modern romance as well as weather the small storms of
their eccentric Maori-Russian-Catalonian family. This beguiling and
hilarious novel by Adam Foundation Prize-winner Rebecca K Reilly owes as
much to Shakespeare as it does to Tinder. Set in a world that is deeply
familiar (but also a bit sexier and more stylish than the real one),
Greta & Valdin will speak to anyone who has had their heart broken,
or has decided that they don’t want to be a physicist anymore, or has
wondered about all of the things they don’t know about their family.


‘Generous
[and] tender. . . Reilly’s warm, overflowing novel defies
categorization because its characters are too complex and multifaceted
to be easily summed up. They’re too alive in their messiness. If this
novel shows us anything, it’s that love-of family, of romantic partners,
of community-is most joyful when it’s without limits.’ -The New York Times

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Publication date: 12/09/2024