Beth, ein Maori Mutter, fühlt nur Ärger und Abscheu den anderen Maoris gegenüber, die ihre Staatsbürgerschaft zweiter Klasse als gegeben hinnehmen. Sie lebt nur zwei Blocks entfernt von den Weissen, deren Häuser Einblicke in eine verlockende und privilegierte Existenz gewähren. Was Beth betrifft, so sind die Maori zu verarmten Lakaien verkommen und von ihrer Vergangenheit als Krieger scheinen nur noch Mythen zu erzählen.

Informationen zum Autor Alan Duff was born in 1950 and lives with his wife and four children in Havelock North, New Zealand. He has published six novels, most notably, the Once Were Warriors trilogy; a novella, State Ward ; and six works of non-fiction, including the controversial Maori: The Crisis and the Challenge . Once Were Warriors won the PEN Best First Book for Fiction Award and was made into an internationally acclaimed film for which Alan Duff wrote the original screenplay. Klappentext The Hekes are a family in turmoil. A tyrannical! alcoholic! violent patriarch! an alcoholic! ever-trying-to-reform mother! and three degenerate children. Can the draw Maori ritual and tradition pull them back from the brink? Zusammenfassung The Hekes are a family in turmoil. A tyrannical! alcoholic! violent patriarch! an alcoholic! ever-trying-to-reform mother! and three degenerate children. Can the draw Maori ritual and tradition pull them back from the brink?

Vorwort
An astonishing, moving portrait of a Maori family in total crisis

Klappentext

The Hekes are a family in turmoil. A tyrannical, alcoholic, violent patriarch, an alcoholic, ever-trying-to-reform mother, and three degenerate children. Can the draw Maori ritual and tradition pull them back from the brink?