I lana tusi 'ua ta'ua 'o le Pouliuli, tatou te fetaui ai ma le toea'ina e 'autu i ai le tala a le atamai o ali'i, le susuga i le ali'i tusitala 'o Maualaivao Albert Wendt, 'o Faleasa Osovae, e fitusefulu ma le ono tausaga o lona matua, ma 'o le ali'i sili i le afio'aga o Malaelua. 'Ua maleifua 'o ia 'i se tasi taeao ma lona 'ino'ino 'ua matua matuia tele 'i mea ma tagata 'uma e pito i sili ona pele 'ia te ia, 'aemaise le fa'ate'ia 'o ia lava ina 'ua ia iloa lona sao i lenei fa'afitauli.

E puna le vai o le tofa loloto ma le mamana o le utaga i le Pouliuli, 'ona 'o su'esu'ga a le ali'i tusitala e fa'amatala ai le mafua'aga o le fa'aleaogaina o le mafaufau o le sa'o matua o se nu'u. 'O le Pouliuli 'o se tusi e fa'aali ai mafaufauga loloto o le tusitala i pulega fa'akolone i se sosaiete i fetaula'iga ala o tu ma aga fa'aonapo nei, 'olo'o tumau pea le malosi ma le tumau i aso nei e pei 'o lona ulua'i lomiga i le fasefulu tausaga 'ua mavae i le gagana Peretania.

'O le ulua'i fa'aliliuga lenei o le Pouliuli i le Gagana Samoa e le tama'ita'i tusitala 'o Sia Figiel (ma lana vaega fa'aliliupu aloa'ia o le Gagana Samoa: 'o Manumaua Dr. Luafata Simanu-Klutz, Alvina Lutu Perelini, LV Letalu ma Dr. Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati). 'Ole'a 'avea lea ma se taimi muamua e momoli ai manatu ma mafaufauga o Maualaivao i la tatou gagana, 'ina 'ia fa'aopoopo i le tuputupu a'e o tusitusiga 'olo'o 'ua 'uma ona fa'aliliu mai i isi gagana, i le Gagana Samoa.

Pouliuli, Maualaivao Albert Wendt's novel that explores the intricacies of the human condition and the complexity of Samoan society, is translated by Sia Figiel into the Samoan language for the first time.

About the Author
'O le atamai o ali'i, le Susuga Maualaivao Albert Wendt 'o le tusitala pito i lauiloa a le Pasefika ma 'o se polofesa 'ua litaea mai le Iunivesite o 'Aukilani, Niu Sila.

Maualaivao Albert Wendt is the Pacific's most renowned writer. He is an emeritus professor at Auckland University.

'O Sia Figiel 'o se fatu solo ma se tusitala na tusia le Where We Once Belonged. 'O lana ulua'i tusi fa'aliliu lenei i le gagana Samoa.

Sia Figiel is a poet and writer of the novel, Where We Once Belonged. This is her first work of translation into Samoan.

Reviews
Something changes when you use the language of the Samoan people to tell a Samoan story. Sia Figiel's perceptive translation unveils an entirely different worldview through its use of language. To read the story of Faleasa in Samoan, almost fifty years after I first wrote it in English, is to become reacquainted with an old friend, and to realize that he has somehow grown more familiar in our time apart." -Maualaivao Albert Wendt, author of Pouliuli



Book Information
ISBN 9780824892128
Author Albert Wendt
Format Paperback
Page Count 277
Imprint University of Hawai'i Press
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Weight(grams) 272g