The last living cannibal
Ngarewa, Airana2025
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| WEST RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F NGARGeneral | Onloan - Due: 27 Apr 2026 |
Muru is not revenge. Muru is about balance. You put your hands on one of theirs and they had every right to take from you and yours whatever they meant to take, short of a life. Aotearoa in the 1940s, and the Maori men of Taranaki have refused to join the Maori battalion because of the severity of their land confiscations. Koko is the oldest man in the village, a legend within his community - he's lived through the land wars, Parihaka, imprisonment in Dunedin, and they whisper of him as the Last Living Cannibal. Koko dotes on his grandson Blackie, who has lived with him ever since Blackie's mum left in troubling circumstances years earlier. But the ghosts of the past are bound to come calling, and when they do, they come with muru in mind. Richly set in Taranaki during the 1940s, The Last Living Cannibal is the epitome of a classic Aotearoa novel, from one of this generation's most promising writers.
Main title:
The last living cannibal / Airana Ngarewa.
Author:
Ngarewa, Airana, author
Imprint:
Auckland, New Zealand : Moa Press, 2025.©2025
Collation:
293 pages : map ; 24 cm
Notes:
"When the ghosts of the past come calling, he will not go quietly..."--Front cover.
ISBN:
9781869718312 (paperback)
Dewey class:
NZ823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
Māori (New Zealand people) -- New Zealand -- Taranaki -- FictionGrandfathers -- New Zealand -- FictionGrandparent and child -- New Zealand -- FictionFamily secrets -- FictionNineteen forties -- FictionNew Zealand fictionTaranaki (N.Z.) -- FictionTaranaki (N.Z.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- FictionTaranaki (N.Z.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
BRN:
514982
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F NGARGeneral | Onloan - Due: 27 Apr 2026 |