description: "Truly one of the most remarkable books to come out of the war. Mr. Michener is a born story-teller."THE NEW YORK TIMES Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Enter the exotic world of the South Pacific, meet the men and women caught up in the drama of a big war. The young Marine who falls madly in love with a beautiful Tonkinese girl. Nurse Nellie and her French planter, Emile De Becque. The soldiers, sailors, and nurses playing at war and waiting for love in a tropic paradise.
language: English
title: Tales of the South Pacific
titlecomplete: Tales of the South Pacific
genres: Short Stories, American, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literature, Classics, War, Adventure, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 15732
places: South Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island
awards: awardedAt: -694281600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Amereon Limited