Once Were Warriors - Softcover

Duff, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0702222755 ISBN 13: 9780702222757

Publisher: Univ of Queensland Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Once Were Warriors is Alan Duff's harrowing vision of his country's indigenous people two hundred years after the English conquest. In prose that is both raw and compelling, it tells the story of Beth Heke, a Maori woman struggling to keep her family from falling apart, despite the squalor and violence of the housing projects in which they live. Conveying both the rich textures of Maori tradition and the wounds left by its absence, Once Were Warriors is a masterpiece of unblinking realism, irresistible energy, and great sorrow.

About this title

Review:

"A searing look at the urban subculture of New Zealand's native people" (Toronto Globe and Mail)

"A starkly realistic account...as important, as frank, as powerful a book as [Alice Walker's The Color Purple] was for Americans" (Dominion (New Zealand))

Book Description:

A confronting and gritty novel about displacement and heritage

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Queensland Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0702222755
• ISBN 13: 9780702222757
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198