Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature – serie
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12 produkter
Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Av Albert Wendt
Häftad, 1994
351 kr
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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 …
Hawaii Nei
Island Plays
Häftad, 2002
302 kr
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Hawai'i Nei brings together three plays by one of Hawai'i's finest playwrights. A compassionate portrait of early nineteenth-century Hawai'i, ""The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu"" charts the lives of five women during the traumatic, transforming events that followed Western contact. Set in post-World …
Night Is a Sharkskin Drum
Häftad, 2002
203 kr
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This is a lyrical evocation of Hawaii by a Native poet whose ancestral land has been scarred by tourism, the American military and urbanization. Grounded in the ancient grandeur and beauty of Hawaii, this collection is a love song for a beloved homeland under assault.
Westlake
Poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947-1984)
Av Wayne Kaumualii Westlake, Richard Hamasaki m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
234 kr
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In an all-too-brief life and literary career, Wayne Kaumualii Westlake produced a substantial body of poetry. He broke new ground as a poet, translated Taoist classical literature and Japanese haiku, interwove perspectives from his Hawaiian heritage into his writing and art, and published his work …
Kisses in the Nederends
Inbunden, 2016
792 kr
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In the best Rabelaisian tradition, this brilliant satire weaves a tale of improbabilities around the seat of the last great taboo. Oilei Bomboki wakes one morning with an excruciating pain that sends him anxiously searching for a cure. Unsuccessful treatments at the hands of various healers and …
Hawaii Nei
Island Plays
Inbunden, 2016
988 kr
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Hawaii Nei brings together three plays by one of Hawaii's finest playwrights. A compassionate portrait of early nineteenth- century Hawaii, ""The Conversion of Kaahumanu"" charts the lives of five women during the traumatic, transforming events that followed Western contact. Set in post-World War …
Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Av Albert Wendt
Inbunden, 2016
1380 kr
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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 …
