Once Were Warriors
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Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors is a New Zealand classic, a raw and powerful portrayal of Māori in New Zealand society.
This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision: 'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.'
Ground-breaking.
Original.
Heart-rending.
Most talked about book in New Zealand, ever.
Adapted into a blockbuster movie.
Still in print three decades later.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781776950737
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 August 2023
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 112.0mm
Height: 180.0mm
Weight: 132g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Alan Duff was born in 1950 and lives with his wife and four children in Havelock North, New Zealand. He has published two precious novels, Once Were Warriors (also available in Vintage) and One Night Out Stealing; a novella, State Ward; and a work of non-fiction, 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.
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