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Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps (1978), tells the story of the love and marriage of a young Maori woman and Pakeha man, the first time this had been done from the Maori perspective and by a Maori writer. It is focused on the effort of Ripeka/Linda to find identity as well as love, as increasingly she commits herself to her Maori being, family and name.
The novel ends with her passing the couple’s baby to her mother to be brought up in the extended family, so that the effort of what Grace has called the ‘very, very large leap’ of cross-cultural adjustment is asked of the husband, whereas ‘Most often it’s the Maori people who have to go across the gap’ (McRae interview). His love and moral quality are tested and judged in those terms: ‘I went to him confidently. He had not once failed to love.’
Product details
- Type:
- Book
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Languages:
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Published:
English
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Original:
English
- Number of Pages:
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158
- Publisher:
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Penguin
- Publication Date:
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1995-07-27
- ISBN / EAN:
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9780140251883
- Weight:
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369 g
- Dimensions:
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17/20/1 cm
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