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| The Uncle's Story |
Nominated ISBN: 0140298924 |
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| Witi Ihimaera | ||
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| Wellington City Libraries, Wellington, New Zealand. |
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ABOUT THE
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Michael Mahana's personal disclosure to his parents leads to the uncovering of another family secret, about his Uncle Sam, who had fought in the Vietnam War. Now, armed with his uncle's diary, Michael goes searching for the truth about his uncle, about the secret the Mahana family has kept hidden for over thirty years, and what happened to Sam. We learn about Michael's loves and self-knowledge, and the Mahana family's attitudes to masculinity and homosexuality. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Witi
Ihimaera is descended from Te Aitanga A Mahaki,
Rongowhakaata and Ngati Porou tribes, with close affiliations with other
Maori tribes. His novels include the award-winning The Matriarch,
winner of the Wattie/Montana Book of the Year Award, 1986, and its sequel
The Dream Swimmer. He has won the Wattie/Montana on two
other occasions, for Tangi in 1974 and Bulibasha,
King of the Gypsies in 1995. His other fiction includes: Pounamu,
Pounamu; Whanau; The New Net Goes Fishing; The Whale Rider; Dear Miss
Mansfield; Kingfisher Come Home; and Nights in the Garden
of Spain. He has edited a major five-volume collection of new
Maori fiction and non-fiction, called the Te Ao Marama series.
Ihimaera is a former diplomat who has served with the New Zealand Ministry
of Foreign Affairs in Canberra, New York and Washington. He now lives
in Auckland and lectures in the English Department at the University of
Auckland, specialising in creative writing and the literatures of New
Zealand and the South Pacific.
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