Whanau II
Ihimaera, Witi
Notes
Whanau 2 ;Whanau two232 p.
Originally published: Whanau. Heinemann, 1974. -"Whanau II is a new version of my second novel"--P. 9. -"The anniversary collection"--Cover. -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.
| Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FICTION | L01529 |
| call #: | IHI |
| ISBN: | 0790008939 |
| pub: | 2004 |