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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 is considered a classic work of Pacific literature.
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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 is considered a classic work of Pacific literature.|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.
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Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. Good complete DJ with some edge wear. Seller Inventory # 9999-99985320155
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London: Allen Lane, 1980
ISBN 10: 071391338X
ISBN 13: 9780713913385
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Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wendt, Albert. Leaves of the banyan tree. First UK edition. London: Allen Lane, 1980. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with light shelfwear, slightly sunned to spine. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. 416pp. Light duststaining to top edge of the page block. Contents clean and bright. Albert Tuaopepe Wendt (born 27 October 1939) is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand. He is one of the most influential writers in Oceania. His notable works include Sons for the Return Home, published in 1973 (adapted into a feature film in 1979), and Leaves of the Banyan Tree, published in 1979, an epic family saga that won first place at the 1980 Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1719056951269
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Leaves of the Banyan Tree
Seller: Diatrope Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover, with price marked out. First British edition. Classic work of Pacific literature. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award. Family saga that contrasts three generations of Western Samoans as a way of exploring the effects of colonialism before and after the country's independence from New Zealand. Seller Inventory # 32064
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