Sons return home (53 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Originally published in 1973, this story of star-crossed lovers spotlights the complex nature of love, freedom, and racism in New Zealand. Samoan writer Albert Wendt's first novel, Sons for the Return Home, has long been out of print. Yet, readers continue to respond to the clarity of vision in this simple, powerful story of cross-cultural encounter.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Originally published in 1973, this story of star-crossed lovers spotlights the complex nature of love, freedom, and racism in New Zealand. Samoan writer Albert Wendt's first novel, Sons for the Return Home, has long been out of print. Yet, readers continue to respond to the clarity of vision in this simple, powerful story of cross-cultural encounter.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. First published fifty years ago, this classic novel was Albert Wendt's first published book.This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision: 'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.'Samoan-born Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home, first published half a decade ago in 1973. It is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. It was an instant bestseller and was later made into a successful movie. This is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

paperback. Condizione: Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Later Printing.SUMMARY: "Sons for the Return Home, the first novel by a Samoan author to be published, is one of the most moving love stories and most penetrating, forceful, and compassionate racial documents ever published in New Zealand. Its craftsmanship is as remarkable as its imaginative and sociological power. Albert Wendt says of the book: 'I suppose in some ways it is an attempt to write out of my system part of my New Zealand experience; to show what it is like being Samoan and being Samoan in another culture." CONDITION: VG (aside from gift inscription on FFE). Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine.This is a vintage item in used condition. Minor signs of wear and use to exterior covers and spine. DJ is unclipped and wrapped in protective Mylar. Minor signs of wear to edges and corners. Tan boards feature minor edgewear and bumping. Gold writing on spine. Minor toning to interior from DJ and on full-title page. Gift inscription on FFE. Minor crease to upper portion of page 75 from paperclip. A square and firm copy.…

Condizione: New. In English.

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home, first published in 1973. It is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. It was an instant bestseller and was later made into a successful movie.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Samoan-born Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home, first published in 1973. It is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. It was an instant bestseller and was later made into a successful movie.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Albert Wendt, Penguin Group (NZ). First published fifty years ago, this classic novel was Albert Wendt's first published book. This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision- 'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.' Samoan-born Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home, first published half a decade ago in 1973. It is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. It was an instant bestseller and was later made into a successful movie.Albert Wendt, novelist, poet, short story writer and artist, is of the Aiga Sa-Maualaivao of Malie and the Aiga Sa-Patu of Vaiala of Samoa. He first came to New Zealand in 1952, where he went to high school, teachers training college and university. Later he was Principal of Samoa College and Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Pacific Literature at the University of the South Pacific. Before retiring, he was Professor of English at the University of Auckland and at the University of Hawaii. He has published numerous novels and collections of poems as well as short stories, which often feature his own artwork. Wendt is interested in issues regarding indigenous peoples, and promotes and fosters Pacific writing. Wendt's epic novel Leaves of the Banyan Tree (1979) won the 1980 New Zealand Book Awards. The Mango's Kiss combines the passionate story-telling of that novel with the philosophical complexity of his subsequent works. Sixteen years in the writing, it is a powerful story focused on Samoa and reaching out to New Zealand and the world beyond. He has edited and co-edited many important anthologies of Pacific writing, including Whetu Moana, the first anthology of contemporary indigenous Polynesian poetry written in English to be edited by Polynesians. His latest literary prizes include his novel The Adventures of Vela won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize - Asia and Pacific section. In 2000, he was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. In 2012, he was awarded the New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction, and in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours was made a member of the Order of New Zealand. The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature writes of his first novel, Sons For the Return Home- 'Hard-hitting in its descriptions of racism, frank in its evocation of youthful sexuality, even-handed but also harsh and tender in its vision of flawed humanity, the novel was immediately recognised as important, not only for its subject material but because of its success in fusing literary styles with colloquial speech and oral narratives.' It asserts- 'Wendt's later fiction has continued to be culturally and technically mixed. He has always been a versatile international writer as well as a committedly Pacific one.' In The New Zealand Listener, Graeme Lay called The Mango's Kiss 'an ambitiously conceived family saga, seething with life, lust and mortality'. The New Zealand Herald said of it- 'Wendt returns time and again to his core conviction- that . . . in spite of its surface tranquillity and beauty, Samoa and its people are many-sided, many-textured and possess many pasts.' The reviewer concludes- 'The Mango's Kiss reminds us that the Pasifika Renaissance did not start with the flair of the Nesian Mystik hip-hop crop, but with the publication a generation back of writers such as Wendt. The Mango's Kiss cements Wendt's mantle as a primary figure in this Polynesian cultural rebirth.'. Paperback.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good. Neat pen inscription to ffep. Hint only of foxing. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Minor edge wear and two very small closed tears.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Some wear to dust jacket, small tear, fading on spine.

octavo hardcover (VG) in dustwrapper (VG-), first edition; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG. 1st. Hard Cover. 1st. 20.5cm By 14cm. In the quarter century since this first novel was published Albert Wendt has become one of NZ's most respected literary figures. It traces, through a romantic situation the difficulties a young Samoan has in adapting to a new culture in NZ and confronting its racial misunderstandings. Still recognised as one of his most important works. 218 pages,with simple designs introducing each of the three parts, one page Samoan/English glossary at back. The plastic protected art DJ has tape reinforced upper, lower edges and is taped to endpapers, covers appear to be VG. Small tape adhesion mark lower centre FFEP. Text block is excellent apart from several turn-down creases page top corners. Few Sketches (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 217 pages. 7.50x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 218 pages. spine faded, page edge and inside cover tannedA Samoan boy who immigrates to New Zealand with his family has difficulty adj usting to his new life in an alien land.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. First published fifty years ago, this classic novel was Albert Wendt's first published book.This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision: 'We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.'Samoan-born Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home, first published half a decade ago in 1973. It is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. It was an instant bestseller and was later made into a successful movie. This is the story of a cross-racial romance between a Samoan student at Auckland University, the son of migrant parents, and the daughter of a wealthy palagi family. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Condizione: New.