num_pages: 384
description: Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for FictionEnter 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: Classics, Adventure, American, Historical, World War II, Short Stories, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 15731
places: Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island, South Pacific Ocean
awards: awardedAt: -694281600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Fawcett Books