Both Sides Of The Moon

Description

Jimmy understands all about belonging and not belonging. He sees himself as part of both sides of the moon:...kind of black man, sort of nigger, in my own country, and kind of white, sort of The Man, by the other half of me. I am torn, yet I am more whole since I am of both... He is part of a fractured family, and it's only when he learns about his forebear - a brave warrior who becomes an outcast from his tribe - that he begins to understand the darker implications of his heritage.

Author description

Alan Duff was born in Rotorua in 1950. He has published six previous novels (Once Were Warriors, One Night out Stealing, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, Both Sides of the Moon, Szabad and Jake's Long Shadow), a novella (State Ward), several children's books and three non-fiction works. Once Were Warriors won the Pen Best First Book for Fiction Award and along with What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? was made into an internationally acclaimed film for which he wrote the original screenplay.