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The Mango’s Kiss by Albert Wendt

ISBN 1869415809 - soft cover - 463 pages - 2003 - ships in 3-4 days

Told in Wendt's usual beautiful prose, The Mango's Kiss is a riveting story of love and lies, revenge and redemption. It combines the passionate and epic story-telling power of Leaves of the Banyan Tree with the philosophical complexity of Ola and Black Rainbow.

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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