{"product_id":"the-last-living-cannibal-airana-ngarewa","title":"The Last Living Cannibal - Airana Ngarewa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA confronting title, but an entertaining and educational read.  The characters are amazing and it has a real sense of place - most of the book takes place within one setting.  I really felt like I was there in the background, watching events unfold.  Highly recommend.  Sara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuru is not revenge.  Muru is about balance.  You put your hands on one of theirs and they had every right to take from you and yours whatever they meant to take, short of a life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAotearoa in the 1940s, and the Māori men of Taranaki have refused to join the Māori battalion because of the severity of their land confiscations.  Koko is the oldest man in the village, a legend within his community - he's lived through the land wars, Parihaka, imprisonment in Dunedin, and they whisper of him as the Last Living Cannibal.  Koko dotes on his grandson Blackie, who has lived with him ever since Blackie's mum left in troubling circumstances years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the ghosts of the past are bound to come calling, and when they do, they come with muru in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichly set in Taranaki during the 1940s, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Living Cannibal \u003c\/i\u003eis the epitome of a classic Aotearoa novel, from one of this generation's most promising writers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAirana Ngarewa\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Pātea, Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngārauru, Ngāruahine) writes about Māori affairs for The Spinoff. His writing has also been published by RNZ,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNZ Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, Newsroom and Landfall. He won the short story and poetry competitions at the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards in 2022.  His debut novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bone Tree\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eheld the #1 NZ Fiction spot for eleven weeks overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46654487953562,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/9781869718312LastLivingCannibal.jpg?v=1760067968","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/the-last-living-cannibal-airana-ngarewa","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}