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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... daughter would not know that she still suffers agonies after all these years . And now here she is , choosing in her turn the difficult , solitary pathway of those who refuse to follow the rules . She hasn't prepared her daughter for ...
... daughter would not know that she still suffers agonies after all these years . And now here she is , choosing in her turn the difficult , solitary pathway of those who refuse to follow the rules . She hasn't prepared her daughter for ...
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... daughter not fall under the spell of a man too cowardly to commit himself to love with the whole of his being . And yet she knows the people of Maeva , her own people , will watch over Emere , for she too is a daughter of this race ...
... daughter not fall under the spell of a man too cowardly to commit himself to love with the whole of his being . And yet she knows the people of Maeva , her own people , will watch over Emere , for she too is a daughter of this race ...
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... daughter of the capital than a daughter of Ruahine . Toofa has prepared a room for her which she will later share with Tetiare when she in turn begins high school . Eritapeta does not question anything and enjoys the life her ...
... daughter of the capital than a daughter of Ruahine . Toofa has prepared a room for her which she will later share with Tetiare when she in turn begins high school . Eritapeta does not question anything and enjoys the life her ...
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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