[1] Notable Solomon Islands writers include John Saunana, Rexford Orotaloa, and Celo Kulagoe.
Saunana's book The Alternative was the first novel by a Solomon Islander; Orotaloa's Two Time Resurrection was the second.
[1][2] The Solomon Islands literary community has produced few novels, and generally favors short stories.
In the journal Ariel, Robert Viking O'Brien has suggested that this is in part because most of the writers in the region came from the educated elite, as well as the fact that the short story is closer in spirit to the traditional tale.
[2] Both Sauanana and Orotaloa's novels explore the uneasy relationship between traditional island culture and the influence of European capitalist and colonialist pressures.