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The
2005 Award
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The Mango's Kiss by Albert Wendt
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Pele's
first moment of remembered consciousness is the morning kiss of the mango
fruit on her cheek. That kiss brings with it the awareness of mortality,
pleasure and pain. It is a gift from her father, Mautu Tuifolau, the local
pastor, the man she adores. Love is never simple, though, and in this story
of the struggles and passions of Pele and her family, it must adapt to the
growing world that stretches out from the village life in Samoa to the cities
of Europe, America and New Zealand. Her love for her father must accommodate
the conflicts of a gifted family and the attraction of extraordinary outsiders,
from a famous English writer to an American anthropologist, to missionaries
and the trader Barker, with his quest for gold and epic tales of an adventurous
past. And her love must encompass the family's links to the ancient gods
of pre-missionary times and move through the turn of the nineteenth century,
the First World War, the terrible Spanish Influenza Epidemic and beyond.
The Mango's Kiss is a riveting story of love and lies, revenge and redemption.
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Albert
Wendt is of the Aiga Sa-Tuaopepe of Lefaga, 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. At present
he is Professor of English at the University of Auckland. He has published numerous novels and poems as well as short stories. |
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