Tales of the South Pacific [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Michener, James A.

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ISBN 10: 0449206521 ISBN 13: 9780449206522

Casa editrice: Fawcett Books, 1984

Riassunto

The stories upon which the Broadway musical "South Pacific" is based explore the people and beauty of the Pacific's Coral Islands as seen though the eyes of a young naval lieutenent

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Informazioni sull?autore

James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winningTales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean,and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

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one of the most remarkable books to come out of the war. Mr. Michener is a born story-teller."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Enter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the men and women caught up in the drama of a big war. The young Marine who falls madly in love with a beautiful Tonkinese girl. Nurse Nellie and her French planter, Emile De Becque. The soldiers, sailors, and nurses playing at war and waiting for love in a tropic paradise.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Fawcett Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0449206521
• ISBN 13: 9780449206522
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 268
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile