Name: Potiki
ISBN: 9783293205772

Patricia Grace

Eine Maori-Siedlung an der Küste Neuseelands soll einem modernen Freizeitpark unter der Verheissung von Fortschritt und Wohlstand weichen. - Debütroman der neuseeländischen Maori-Autorin (Jg. 1937).

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Patricia Grace's classic novel is a work of spellbinding power in which the myths of older times are inextricably woven into the political realities of today. In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion – and growing anger. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief threatens to burst beyond the confines of his twisted body. His all-seeing eye looks forward to a strange and terrible new dawn. Potiki won the New Zealand Book Awards in 1987.

Audrey Kalman

Kristen Gombas

Roimata and her family reject the city and unemployment to return to the land. Here they live a rural life, fishing and farming just enough for their own plates. But when they are approached by property developers, they suddenly find their land, livelihood and community under threat. It is a time of fear and confusion. The marae is threatened and the coastal community is in danger.

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