Friday Explorations: "Tales of the South Pacific" by James Michener, Read Aloud by Joseph Coté

Every Friday, at 11:00 am, on the library’s KZbin Channel and Facebook Page, the library will stream a brand new recording of local thespian, Joseph Coté reading aloud selections from a wide variety of fascinating and entertaining books of fiction and non-fiction.
For May 17, Coté will read aloud from James Michener’s book Tales of the South Pacific.
Summary: Tales of the South Pacific is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A. Michener, one of America’s most beloved storytellers.
This thrilling work invites the reader to enter the exotic world of the South Pacific and luxuriate in the endless ocean, the coconut palms, the waves breaking into spray against the reefs, the full moon rising behind the volcanoes.
And yet here also are the men and women caught up in the heady drama of World War II: the young Marine who falls for a beautiful Tonkinese girl; the Navy nurse whose prejudices are challenged by a French aristocrat; and all the soldiers and sailors preparing for war against the seemingly peaceful backdrop of a tropical paradise.
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This is lovely. I read Tales maybe forty years ago and loved it - reminded me of my uncles in WWII. I have a new used paperback of it and I intend to read it again. Talking islands I wonder if you've ever read Hume Cronyn's memoir - A Terrible Liar? Actor Cronyn bought an island off Florida and he recounts difficulties and satisfactions. Guy was a great writer. As well as Jessica Tandy's husband.