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Originally published in 1973, this story of star-crossed lovers spotlights the complex nature of love, freedom and racism in New Zealand. The first novel ever published by a Samoan author and a classic of Pacific Literature, readers worldwide continue to respond to the clarity of vision in this powerful story of cross-cultural encounter by Albert Wendt.

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