Island of Shattered DreamsHuia, 2007 - 163 pages Finally in English, Island of Shattered Dreams is the first ever novel by an indigenous Tahitian writer. In a lyrical and immensely moving style, this book combines a family saga and a doomed love story, set against the background of French Polynesia in the period leading up to the first nuclear tests. The text is highly critical of the French government, and as a result its publication in Tahiti was polarising. |
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Page 39
... my flesh and blood . ' When Emily is born , a bright moonbeam , her father isn't there , but far away in the outlying islands buying copra to be sold for cash on his return . Toofa , who has quietly put up with people's nasty 39.
... my flesh and blood . ' When Emily is born , a bright moonbeam , her father isn't there , but far away in the outlying islands buying copra to be sold for cash on his return . Toofa , who has quietly put up with people's nasty 39.
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... copra : the daughter preoccupied with understanding this land where she can sense her body taking root , being born again in the love she feels for it and in the welcome this new world shows her , this world where she feels her deepest ...
... copra : the daughter preoccupied with understanding this land where she can sense her body taking root , being born again in the love she feels for it and in the welcome this new world shows her , this world where she feels her deepest ...
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... they resist , anyway , when before that they were forced to hand over their whole harvest , vanilla , copra , pearls , to the only trader on their miniscule island , in return for the right to eat tinned food and 147 Epilogue ...
... they resist , anyway , when before that they were forced to hand over their whole harvest , vanilla , copra , pearls , to the only trader on their miniscule island , in return for the right to eat tinned food and 147 Epilogue ...
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Section 2 | 13 |
Section 3 | 23 |
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aito Aore atu ra beautiful belly body born bring brothers Central Training Charles Williams child colour copra daughter deep dream earth Emere and Tematua Emere's Eritapeta eternal eternal Land everything eyes father Fauna Nui feels fish foreign forget gestures goes grief half-blood happiness heart Heaven hope island Land language Laura Laura's Journal leaving light live look Lord lost Mã'ohi Maeva Maevarua magic Māmā memory Metropolitan France missile base morning mother Motherland motu never night nuclear missile ocean pa'a pain Papa Papa'ā pāreu passion placenta President-General protect Rāhiti realises Ruahine shared smiles song soul speak suffering Ta'aroa takes Tāne Tapu tears Terii Tetiare Tetuamarama Teuira there's Thou shalt Tihoti tomorrow tōna Toofa tree tumu understand vahine village waiting woman women words write young