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Cargando... Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhoodpor Witi Ihimaera
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. (8.5) This is a memoir by one of my favourite writers. Witi ihimaera introduces the reader to not only his immediate family, but his extended family and all his ancestors. For to be Maori, 'is to walk backwards into the future.' Witi traces his ancestory back to the arrival of the earliest Maori waka on to New Zealand's shores. This complex history does not make for easy reading and at points i was tempted to give up but persevere I did and I was rewarded. Witi's deep affection for his family and wider community is evident in his depiction of his early years growing up in a Mormon rural family in the mid twentieth century New Zealand. Interwoven through out his story are many Maori myths. ( ) This will easily make its way onto my favorites of the year list. Witi Ihimaera tells his whakapapa (genealogy), the story of his growing up years, and maybe a little of New Zealand whakapapa too. He illustrates how our history remains part of us, even when we don't realize it, and how knowing our history helps us know ourselves. Life is not about waiting for someone to come and rescue you, but about finding instead the courage to strike out for that distant shore, wherever it is. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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This is the first volume of Witi Ihimaera's enthralling, award-winning memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer. Witi Ihimaera is a consummate storyteller - one critic calling him one of our 'finest and most memorable'. Some of his best stories, however, are about his own life. This honest, stirring work tells of the family and community into which Ihimaera was born, of his early life in rural New Zealand, of family secrets, of facing anguish and challenges, and of laughter and love. As Ihimaera recounts the myths that formed his early imagination, he also reveals the experiences from real life that wriggled into his fiction. Alive with an inventive, stimulating narrative and vividly portrayed relatives, this memoir is engrossing, entertaining and moving, but, more than this, it is also a vital record of what it means to grow up Maori. Winner of the Ockham New Zealand Book Award 2016 for the General Non Fiction category. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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