The Adventures of Vela

"We are the remembered cord that stretches across the abyss of all that we’ve forgotten," sang Vela.

Journey through the many stories and worlds of the immortal Vela, the Sāmoan song maker, poet, and storyteller—Vela, who was so red and ugly at birth they called him the Cooked; Vela the lonely admirer of pigs and the connoisseur of feet; Vela the lover of song maker Mulialofa. Follow Vela down through centuries as he encounters the single-minded society of the Tagata-Nei and the Smellocracy ...