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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... Eternal rhythm that accompanies our lives , The song of the wind sweeping over the bountiful sea Resonant with memories of those of our people She holds in her belly , The magic of the sun , eternal ball of fire Rising in our limitless ...
... Eternal rhythm that accompanies our lives , The song of the wind sweeping over the bountiful sea Resonant with memories of those of our people She holds in her belly , The magic of the sun , eternal ball of fire Rising in our limitless ...
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... eternal Land , My love will cross the ocean with you Protecting you from evil spirits . Oh Tematua my son , I will wait night and day For the ship that will come at dawn To bring my child back to me . Blood of my flesh , flesh of my ...
... eternal Land , My love will cross the ocean with you Protecting you from evil spirits . Oh Tematua my son , I will wait night and day For the ship that will come at dawn To bring my child back to me . Blood of my flesh , flesh of my ...
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... eternal nature of our souls . ' Will I be able to do it ? ' Teuira is the one she has always turned to whenever she felt lost . There's a special , unexplained bond between them . Teuira , eternal image of the ancient world , has no ...
... eternal nature of our souls . ' Will I be able to do it ? ' Teuira is the one she has always turned to whenever she felt lost . There's a special , unexplained bond between them . Teuira , eternal image of the ancient world , has no ...
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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