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Wendt: Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Hardcover
Series: Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature, Book 5
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ISBN10: 0824859219
ISBN13: 9780824859213
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: Mar 1 1994
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.62
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780824859213
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: Mar 1 1994
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.62
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
An epic spanning three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa, exploring on a grand scale such universal themes as greed, corruption, colonialism, exploitation, and revenge. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award, it is considered a classic work of Pacific literature.
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