Leaves of the banyan tree / by Albert Wendt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wendt, Albert, 1939- author.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islands of the Pacific--Fiction.

Islands of the Pacific.

Pacific Ocean--Islands of the Pacific.

Pacific Ocean.

Samoa--Fiction.

Samoa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 416 pages)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaii Press, 1994.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

A saga of three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa undermined by the changes brought about by colonialism. It is considered a classic work of Pacific literature and Wendt's best novel. A big story in every sense of the word ... peopled by the richest assortment of characters in Pacific fiction, running the gauntlet of human action, the gamut of human emotion.' --New Zealand Herald ** 'Does more than tell a whopping good story about life in Samoa around the time of Independence: it tells each of us our own story in new terms.' -- Manoa.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 21, 2015).

Other Format:

Original version:

OCLC:

925847744

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.