num_pages: 424
description: An epic spanning three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa, exploring on a grand scale such universal themes as greed, corruption, colonialism, exploitation, and revenge. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award, it is considered a classic work of Pacific literature.
language: English
title: Leaves of the Banyan Tree
titlecomplete: Leaves of the Banyan Tree
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, The World, Grad School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 236
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
category: (Goodman Fielder Wattie)
publisher: University of Hawaii Press