Melal: A Novel of the Pacific (Talanoa.): 6 (Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature) - Softcover

Barclay, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824825918 ISBN 13: 9780824825911

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, 2002

Synopsis

On Good Friday, 1981, Rujen Keju and his two sons come face to face with their complicated inheritance - one that includes years of atomic testing and the continued military presence of the U.S. in the Pacific. In this highly original work of history and adventure, novelist Robert Barclay weaves together characters and stories from mythological times with those of the present-day to give readers a rare and unsparing look at life in the contemporary Pacific.

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Review:

Barclay is a first-time novelist who simply got it right.... Melal is a powerful and at times heart-wrenching novel that should appeal to a wide range of readers interested in the region today.-- "The Contemporary Pacific" A first novel that left me dazzled ... All the characters--the Marshallese, the members of their spirit world, and even the Americans--are well developed and deeply, sensitively drawn-- "Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing" An absorbing, original read-- "Honolulu Weekly"

About the Author:

Robert Barclay spent much of his life in Kwajalein. He now lives in Honolulu. This is his first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0824825918
• ISBN 13: 9780824825911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316