Once Were Warriors

by Alan Duff
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Once Were Warriors, Alan Duff

A New Zealand classic, this novel is a raw and powerful portrayal of Maori in New Zealand society.

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    ISBN: 9781775532859
    Published: 07/12/2012
    Imprint: RHNZ Vintage
    Extent: 248 pages
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    ISBN: 9781869417024
    Published: 05/11/2004
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    Extent: 198 pages
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A New Zealand classic, this novel is a raw and powerful portrayal of Maori in New Zealand society.

Alan Duff's groundbreaking first novel is one of the most talked-about books ever published in New Zealand and is the basis of a major New Zealand film and won the Hubert Church PEN Best First Book Award. This hard-hitting story is a frank and uncompromising portrait in which everyone is a victim, until the strength and vision of one woman transcends brutality and leads the way to a new life.

'Alan Duff's first novel bursts upon our literary landscape with all the noise and power of a new volcano' - Michael Gifkins, NZ Listener

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"Alan Duff's first novel bursts upon our literary landscape with all the noise and power of a new volcano" - Michael Gifkins, NZ Listener

"Far more intensely than any previous writer, Maori or Pakeha, he focuses on the country's social underbelly." - Michael King, Metro

". . . a strongly written, well constructed novel which carries a forceful message" - Kathryn Rountree, Dominion Sunday Times

"It is angry, disgusted, and honest, and it is written from a Maori perspective" - W.J. McEldowney

"The style is grimly realisitc but it is also highly readable." - Alex Calder, The Dominion

"Alan Duff looks at things no New Zealand novelist has had the knowledge - perhaps the courage - to look at directly before." - Maurice Gee, Judge of 1991 Pen First Book Award

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