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In keeping with his commitment to revisit his first five pieces of fiction, Witi Ihimaera has reworked the original text of this much - loved classic. The matriarch is a woman of intelligence, wit, beauty and ruthlessness, and has become a mythical figure through her fight to repossess the land and sustain her people against the ravages wrought ... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Over all, honest storytelling about the past seems like a good thing to me — it tells a different truth to the truth that is in the history books and the documented record, enabling us to re-evaluate what we think we know. But along with truth which may lead to restitution and justice and healing, storytelling can also pass on resentment and anger and a desire for vengeance, from generation to generation. It can pass on negative stereotypes about the actors of the past, in unexpected ways. Honest storytelling is not always an unmitigated good. Sometimes, IMO, it is better to let the past rest.
Witi Ihimaera’s award-winning novel The Matriarch is an odyssey into New Zealand colonial history and its brutal wars, and it’s written in a way that was innovative for its time, blending fiction with Maori myths and with documented history. Contrary to my expectations, I did not enjoy reading it. Not because it’s confronting to read about unpalatable truths in any country’s history, but because I disagree profoundly with the way the author justifies violence.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2020/07/11/the-matriarch-the-mahana-family-1-by-witi-ih... ( )