In keeping with his commitment to revisit his first five pieces of fiction, Witi Ihimaera has reworked the original text of this much-loved classic.
The matriarch is a woman of intelligence, wit, beauty and ruthlessness, and has become a mythical figure through her fight to repossess the land and sustain her people against the ravages wrought by the Pakeha. Priestess of the Ringatu faith, she has been virtually a law unto herself.
In his search for the truth behind the legends surrounding the matriarch, his grandmother, Tama Mahana delves deeper and deeper into Maori history and lore to understand the mysterious sources of her power and ambition.
Witi Ihimaera's prose is at turns lyrical and spare, sensuous and savage. Weaving fact with fiction, this remarkable odyssey into New Zealand history is a novel of stunning imaginative power.
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Winner of the Wattie Book of the Year, 1986
Runner-up for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, 1987
'Witi Ihimaera's uncompromising masterwork . . . A profound and spellbinding character study' - New Zealand Herald
- ISBN:
- 9780143010920
- 9780143010920
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Category:
- Contemporary fiction
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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30-01-2009
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (NZ)
- Country of origin:
- New Zealand
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions (mm):
- 197x130x38mm
- Weight:
- 0.44kg
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