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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... hope . Today you walk on that path That our old ones marked out through the heart of time The ones who made our land A Land of love and hope . Time passes Our path moves away from the path Our bellies are deaf Our bodies weigh heavy Our ...
... hope . Today you walk on that path That our old ones marked out through the heart of time The ones who made our land A Land of love and hope . Time passes Our path moves away from the path Our bellies are deaf Our bodies weigh heavy Our ...
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... hope of hope is gone . Friend , we were to change the world To teach our brothers the singing words That give life the lightness of hope . Justice Love Equality Freedom Dignity Independence . Those tomorrows that we would bring to life ...
... hope of hope is gone . Friend , we were to change the world To teach our brothers the singing words That give life the lightness of hope . Justice Love Equality Freedom Dignity Independence . Those tomorrows that we would bring to life ...
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... hope and weak for the same reason . He knows he will have to speak at the meeting because a long time ago he went to Metropolitan France . Because since the dawn of time he is born . of this Land . Because his children , born of this ...
... hope and weak for the same reason . He knows he will have to speak at the meeting because a long time ago he went to Metropolitan France . Because since the dawn of time he is born . of this Land . Because his children , born of this ...
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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