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Once Were Warriors

Paperback

Main Details

Title Once Were Warriors
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alan Duff
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780099578413
ClassificationsDewey:823
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 16 March 1995
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Alan Duff's groundbreaking first novel is one of the most talked about books ever published in New Zealand and now the basis of a major New Zealand film. This hard hitting story is a frank and uncompromising portrayal of Maoris in New Zealand society. It is a raw and powerful story in which everyone is a victim until the strength and vision of one woman transcends brutality and leads the way to a new life.

Author Biography

Alan Duff was born in 1950 and lives with his wife and four children in Havelock North, New Zealand. He has published six novels, most notably, the Once Were Warriors trilogy; a novella, State Ward; and six works of non-fiction, including the controversial Maori: The Crisis and the Challenge. Once Were Warriors won the PEN Best First Book for Fiction Award and was made into an internationally acclaimed film for which Alan Duff wrote the original screenplay.

Reviews

"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) *