Albert Wendt

Cette saga samoane s'étale sur trois générations en proie aux bouleversements dus à l'occidentalisation et à la progression des valeurs matérialistes dans un monde traditionnel qui s'effrite. Cet univers d'ordre et d'autorité dominé par l'Église et... Lire la suite

A collection of classic short stories from the award-winning author, Albert Wendt, acknowledged as one of the Pacific's major writers. Albert Wendt's short stories, providing a complex and profound understanding of people and the world, have been... Lire la suite

Samoa à l'aube des années 1890 : les missionnaires viennent de commencer leur conquête des âmes en Polynésie. Mautu, pasteur de la nouvelle religion dans le village de Satoa, se prend d'amitié pour un écumeur des mers anglais athée, grand raconteur... Lire la suite

An epic novel stretching out from Samoa to Europe, America and New Zealand, from the turn of the nineteenth century, through the First World War, the Spanish Influenza Epidemic and beyond. Since the 1960s, Albert Wendt has created a profound and... Lire la suite

From the valleys of Hawaii to the seasons of a garden in Auckland, this extraordinary offering of poems explores a variety of themes. Though hips need replacing, poets grow older, tsunamis destroy, and friends slip away, a spirit of renewal and... Lire la suite

In Albert Wendt's new poems, his first collection for over a decade, snapshots of the close and familiar contrast with strange and mythical sequences from a vast Pacific epic in progress and a vivid impressionistic montage of global travel in the... Lire la suite

‘The Vaipe has the Roman Catholic Cathedral at its western boundary, the court and police station to the east, the market and harbour in front, and the swamps behind it. These are convenient boundaries that I’ve turned into a symbolic fence for the... Lire la suite

Drei Wissenschaftlerinnen leben auf einem verlassenen Fabriksgelände, dem Eulengrund, und geben vor, Obdachlose zu sein. Sie halten sehr gut kalkulierte Täuschungen aufrecht, um nicht enttarnt zu werden. Nur die Kinder lassen sich nicht abhalten und... Lire la suite

Albert Wendt's new collection of short stories explores the nature of family, tradition and culture through the eyes of those seemingly caught between the realities of modern contemporary life and the ancestral ties of their heritage. With a deft... Lire la suite

Dans les années 1960 à Auckland, cinq amis, Aaron, Paul, Keith, Mere et Daniel, unis par leurs origines océaniennes et modestes, scellent un pacte fraternel. Aujourd'hui quadragénaires, ils se retrouvent lors des funérailles d'Aaron. Face à cette... Lire la suite

The Songmaker's Chair tells of a Samoan family, the Aiga Sa Peseola, who have been in Auckland since the 1950s. Over three generations the family have intermarried with Maori and Pakeha to develop what they refer to as the Peseola Way. Central to... Lire la suite

Journey through the many stories and worlds of the immortal Vela - Vela, so red and ugly at birth they called him the Cooked; Vela the lonely admirer of pigs and the connoisseur of feet; Vela the lover of song maker Mulialofa the Boneman. Follow him... Lire la suite

This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions. The... Lire la suite

A dynamic group has emerged in Auckland whose members refer to themselves as the Tribe. Mainly Polynesian, they grow up together, rise from poverty and become successful professionals, bound by love and fierce loyalty. At the centre, is Aaron, who... Lire la suite

An Ocean of Wonder: The Fantastic in the Pacific brings together fifty writers and artists from across Moananuiakea working in myriad genres across media, ranging from oral narratives and traditional wonder tales to creative writing as well as... Lire la suite