Sons for the Return Home

By Albert Wendt

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824817966
• ISBN13: 9780824817961
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

At least partially autobiographical tale of interracial love in the Pacific

Albert Wendt is on faculty now at the University of Hawaii, and he and his wife are wonderful, friendly people. This book is an early (1973) partially autobiographical novel of his love for his wife. He's a Samoan immigrant to New Zealand and she's a white native. The cultural gaps are bridged with considerable sensitivity to all parties. The book has aged reasonably well, but it's a far less mature work than the author has produced more recently.