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Melal: A Novel of the Pacific
Reader Score
77%
77% of readers
recommend this book
Finalist:Kiriyama Prize -Fiction (2002)
On Good Friday, 1981, Rujen Keju and his two sons come face to face with their complicated inheritance--one that includes years of atomic testing and the continued military presence of the U.S. in the Pacific. In this highly original work of history and adventure, novelist Robert Barclay weaves together characters and stories from mythological times with those of the present-day to give readers a rare and unsparing look at life in the contemporary Pacific.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
- Publish Date: Jun 30th, 2002
- Pages: 312
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.60in - 5.50in - 0.76in - 0.89lb
- EAN: 9780824825911
- Categories: • Literary• General
About the Author
Barclay, Robert: - Robert Barclay spent much of his life in Kwajalein. He now lives in Honolulu. This is his first book.
Praise for this book
An absorbing, original read-- "Honolulu Weekly"
A first novel that left me dazzled ... All the characters--the Marshallese, the members of their spirit world, and even the Americans--are well developed and deeply, sensitively drawn-- "Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing"
Barclay is a first-time novelist who simply got it right.... Melal is a powerful and at times heart-wrenching novel that should appeal to a wide range of readers interested in the region today.-- "The Contemporary Pacific"