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ISBN 9781869797294

The Parihaka Woman

IHIMAERA Witi

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Edition: 1

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Against the historical background of the compelling and extraordinary events which surrounded the village of Parihaka in the 1870s and 1880s, Witi Ihimaera tells the fictional story of Erenora. Parihaka was a place synonymous with passive resistance, a place that Erenora called home, a place where Horitana came to find and marry her. It was also a place that the colonial settlers wanted to occupy, by fair means or foul. While most in Parihaka who passively resisted the encroachments were sent to gaol, Horitana was to meet a far worse fate. Having made an enemy of a particularly sinister settler, he is imprisoned and disappears. Like a Shakespearean heroine, Erenora dons the clothes of a youn ...

Against the historical background of the compelling and extraordinary events which surrounded the village of Parihaka in the 1870s and 1880s, Witi Ihimaera tells the fictional story of Erenora. Parihaka was a place synonymous with passive resistance, a place that Erenora called home, a place where Horitana came to find and marry her. It was also a place that the colonial settlers wanted to occupy, by fair means or foul. While most in Parihaka who passively resisted the encroachments were sent to gaol, Horitana was to meet a far worse fate. Having made an enemy of a particularly sinister settler, he is imprisoned and disappears. Like a Shakespearean heroine, Erenora dons the clothes of a young man and goes off through New Zealand in search of him.

Always surprising and inventive, The Parihaka Woman reveals a working writer constantly extending his range and humanity, continuing his exploration into the history of New Zealand and working at its intersections with fiction. It affirms Ihimaera's place in New Zealand literature as one of our finest technicians and storytellers.

Featured in the 10 October 2011 New Zealand newsletter.
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Publication date: 2011-10-01
Number of pages: 318
Publisher: Vintage Books
Status: OUT OF PRINT
Subjects: Category, Fiction, Contemporary, NZ Fiction

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