This book was a revelation to me, not just the actual events of coming of age in 60s and 70s New Zealand but the way in which the story was told. In a memoir the expected structure is linear, starting with grandparents, childhood and so forth and progressing in a chronological format. In Native Son we are introduced to a Maori style of storytelling, one that follows a spiral which weaves in and out of mythology, past history and events the writer experienced. We are gently guided into appreciating the importance of tipuna, whanau and the challenges Maori faced at the time. Witi Ihimaera is well placed to tell this story as he entered the Pakehaworld of literature at the age of 28, being published as our first Maori novelist. Native Son is the second book of his memoir following Maori Boy and they both contain shocking and brave revelations that can be hard to read and must have been difficult to write. . . . The insights into the writing and context for these now iconic works is fascinating. Witi Ihimaera is a remarkable writer and this memoir confirms his place as a taonga of Aotearoa.
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