Return to Paradise, James A. Michener
Return to Paradise, James A. Michener
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Return to Paradise

Author: James A. Michener

Narrator: Larry McKeever

Unabridged: 21 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2015

Synopsis

James A. Michener, the master of historical fiction, revisits the scenes of his first great work, Tales of the South Pacific, the Pulitzer Prize winner that brought him international acclaim. In this sequel collection, Michener once again evokes the magic of the extraordinary isles in the Pacific—from Fiji and Guadalcanal to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea—through stories that burst with adventure, charm, and local color. For Michener’s many fans around the globe, Return to Paradise is a precious second look at a land of enchantment by one of the most gifted storytellers of the twentieth century.
 
Praise for Return to Paradise
 
“A brilliant book and a worthy successor to Tales of the South Pacific.”—The Atlanta Constitution
 
“This is a book that should be read by everyone. . . . All who have seen the South Pacific will find on every page the odors of frangipani, copra, blood, and beer.”—The New York Times
 
“There’s drama and pathos and adventure and humanity . . . and a very high degree of excellence. Michener can write.”—Kirkus Reviews

About The Author

James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on December 04, 2019

I love Michener's short stories! I know this book is old and God forbid he would even TRY to write something like this now... He writes what is happening then. Right or wrong it is what it is and we can be thankful how far we have come in our relationships with others. Sadly, there is still along way......more

Goodreads review by Desiree on September 23, 2020

Before going to Tahiti in 2015, I prepped for the trip by watching all three of the “Munity on the Bounty” movies (the earliest from 1935!) like I was studying for the SAT’s! And after abruptly landing back in the “real world”, I grabbed every book I could get my hands on that was set in these beaut......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on July 13, 2015

This collection of essays and stories, originating out of a trip Michener and his wife took to various South Pacific locations during 1950, is the first book he wrote that is (partially) readable. It is mostly the essays, however, that are worth reading; the fiction is pretty terrible. Of the storie......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 26, 2016

Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific" was his crispest, most original work. If you yearn for a follow-up to it, this is it. But "Return to Paradise," while picking up the themes of the fictional stories in "South Pacific" is a unique Michener work in that it combines essays on New Zealand, Austral......more

Goodreads review by Vikas on August 19, 2015

Mr Michener is superb as always.. brings the deceptively languid isles of the Pacific to life with full colour and clarity.........more

Quotes

“A brilliant book and a worthy successor to Tales of the South Pacific.”—The Atlanta Constitution
 
“This is a book that should be read by everyone. . . . All who have seen the South Pacific will find on every page the odors of frangipani, copra, blood, and beer.”—The New York Times
 
“There’s drama and pathos and adventure and humanity . . . and a very high degree of excellence. Michener can write.”—Kirkus Reviews

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