Witi Ihimaera Bücher

Witi Ihimaeras Geschichten spannen sich von der Vergangenheit der Maori bis in die Gegenwart.

Witi Ihimaera wurde 1944 in Gisborne, Neuseeland, geboren und gilt als der bekannteste Autor aus dem Volk der Maori. Mehrere Jahre lang war er als Diplomat in Canberra, New York und Washington tätig und lehrte englische Literatur an der Universität von Auckland. «Whalerider» schrieb er 1986 in nur drei Wochen in New York. Für seine Bücher hat er diverse Auszeichnungen erhalten.

First published in 1972, Pounamu Pounamu introduced an exciting new voice into New Zealand literature. Most of Witi Ihimaera's stories, based on the East Coast, describe a traditional rural, communal way of life facing huge pressures from the drift by many Maori to the cities. This was to be a constant theme in Ihimaera's future writing.

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.

A living land of wonder, a shimmering, restless sea, a sky of endless promise. Beautiful North Island of New Zealand contains text by Witi Ihimaera and photographs by Holger Leue. All of New Zealand's most famous landmarks are represented in this book; the Auckland Harbour Bridge, The Sky Tower, Cathedral Square, As well as more unusual images of people and places.

This is NEW ZEALAND text WITI IHIMAERA AND TIM PLANT