Leaves Of The Banyan Tree (Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature, 5)

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.

• | Author: Albert Wendt
• | Publisher: University Of Hawaii Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 428 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0824859219
• | ISBN-13: 9780824859213