Whanau II
Ihimaera, Witi
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Summary: Inspired, as was the original, by Dylan Thomas's Under Milkwood, Whanau II assembles a cast of characters in the rural Maori community of Waituhi: Rongo Mahana, alone in a landscape altered by Pakeha values; Miro Mananui fighting to retain her land; Andrew Whatu, who must leave the village to follow his ambitions; Mattie Jones, who came back to the village defeated by the city; and Nanny Paora, who escapes the present by living in the past. Ihimaera reveals the tensions between traditional and modern, rural and urban that lie within modern Maori society.Custom 1
Author notes;Witi Ihimaera was born in Gisborne, New Zealand on February 7, 1944 into a Maori family of Mormons. After completing a B.A. in English, he worked as a journalist in New Zealand and started writing fiction. His first collection of short stories, Pounamu Pounamu, was published in 1972 and his first novel, Tangi, was published in 1973. His other works include Whanau, The Matriarch, The Whale Rider, The Dream Swimmer, Sky Dancer, The Trowenna Sea, and The Parihaka Woman. In 1982 he coedited an anthology of Maori writing, Into the World of Light, and continues to be a champion of literature in English by Maoris. In 2015 his title Maori Boy: A Memoir made The New Zealand Best Seller List.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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NCEA3| Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | A00066569 |
| Dewey: | F |
| call #: | IHI |
| ISBN: | 0790008939 9780790008936 |
| pub: | 2004 |
| Type: |  |