Pouliuli (Pacific Classics, No. 8)
Book Details
Author(s)
Albert Wendt
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
ISBN / ASIN
0824807286
ISBN-13
9780824807283
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Sales Rank
#675,418
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
ONE MORNING AN OLD MAN WAKES TO FIND THAT EVERYTHING AROUND HIM NOW FILLS HIM WITH REVULSION. AND WHEN THAT OLD MAN IS FALEASA OSOVAE, THE HIGHEST- RANKING CHIEF IN THE VILLAGE OF MALAELUA THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM AND HIS PEOPLE ARE SHATTERING. SUDDENLY THE OLD MAN FEIGNS MADNESS AND BEGINS TO AVOID HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CHIEF. ALBERT WENDT'S POWERFUL AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING NOVEL GRAPPLES WITH THE NEW AND TRADITIONAL FORCES SHAPING SAMOAN SOCIETY AND BRINGS THE PEOPLE OF MALAELUA TO VIVID LIFE.
