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Title	:	The Uncle's Story
Author	:	Witi Ihimaera
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 367 pages
Published	:	2005 by Robson Books (first published March 1st 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. War. LGBT. Historical. Historical Fiction. GLBT. Queer

The Uncle's Story

Witi Ihimaera

Paperback | Pages: 367 pages

Rating: 4.1 | 225 Users | 32 Reviews

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Armed with his uncle's diary, Michael Mahana goes searching for the truth, about the secret the Mahana family has kept hidden for over thirty years, and what happened to uncle Sam. Set in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam and in present day New Zealand and North America, Witi Ihimaera's dramatic novel combines the superb story telling for which he is so renowned with the unflinching realism that made 'The Whale Rider' a literary and cinematic success. A powerful love story bravely told, it courageously confronts Maori attitudes to sexuality and masculinity and contains some of Ihimaera's most passionate writing to date.

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Original Title:	The Uncle's Story
ISBN:	1861058373 (ISBN13: 9781861058379)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.1 From 225 Users | 32 Reviews

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I'm not sure whether I like it or not. I read a short story from this author and loved it, maybe I was just after a happier ending.

I've always enjoyed Witi's books. I remember reading Nights in the Garden of Spain in one day and walking away breathless but invigorated. The same has happened again with The Uncle's Story. The plot was confronting to me due to the material but I became so engrossed with the characters that I began to care for them. I wanted to know everything. Always a pleasure to read Mr Ihimaera's works and this was no disappointment.

To state that "The Uncle's Story" is merely a love story between a Maori and an American soldier during the Vietnam War would be limiting its breadth. It is a novel with many subplots, which have been skillfully threaded by Witi Ihimaera. Sam Mahana and his nephew, Michael Mahana, are both Maori and gay, but is there any room for a man with these two identities in his tribe? Sam meets Cliff Harper, an American soldier, during the Vietnam War. They fall in love, but do they have a future

A brave book by a Maori writer who takes on homosexuality within his culture. The love between Uncle Sam and Cliff Harper is captivating in that it conveys both passion and love from two men who haven't recognized their homosexuality and don't want to be gay. Graphic in places, and it's not all love and kisses: Michael's life as a gay man is filled with politics, broken romances, clubs and the possibility of marriage and children with a lesbian. At places the plot feels forced.

One of the most gripping NZ novels I have ever read

There are no gay Maoris. If someone is born Maori and admits to being gay they are thrown out of their tribe, family and village and never mentioned again.Michael 'comes out' to his family at the insistence of his boyfriend, who treacherously dumps him anyway, so he has no lover, no family and no roots, as he sees it, and he feels rather sorry for himself. His aunt gives him a diary written by an uncle he has never heard of and it transpires that this uncle was also gay.So, this book is about

This was my first experience with war-fiction, and it was a very easy introduction. The focus of the novel is on a gay uncle's diary and how a family and a native tribe react to homosexuality. This book defines "heart-wrenching story," and it is well-worth the read and the cost of tissues.