— return to list

Sons for the Return Home

Wendt, Albert

Originally published in 1973, this first novel by Samoan writer Albert Wendt spotlights the complex nature of love, freedom and racism in 1960s New Zealand. The novel was immediately recognised as important not only for its evenhanded treatment of cross-cultural encounter, but also its success in fusing literary styles with colloquial speech and oral narratives.

With searing penetration Albert Wendt reveals the hypocrisy of racial pride. The reader is constantly required to realign his own attitudes, about his and other races, [to] reassess his own position — New Zealand Bookwork.

PO BOX 17-244, WELLINGTON 6147, NEW ZEALAND.
TEL: +64-4-475 3327, info@nzbooksabroad.com, FAX: +64-4-475 4040.