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Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps

Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps (1978), tells the story of the love and marriage of a young Maori woman and Pakeha man, the first time this had been done from the Maori perspective and by a Maori writer. It is focused on the effort of Ripeka/Linda to find identity as well as love, as increasingly she commits herself to her Maori being, family and name.

  • Format
  • unknown binding
  • Pages
  • 155
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780582717626
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 1978