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 19
... pain ! Where are you now , my children Sons and daughters of my love Whom I created to share my life For whom I gave my body to make the Land ? The dark sea rages Carrying away the fine sand ... pain is our pain today , People of my 19.
... pain ! Where are you now , my children Sons and daughters of my love Whom I created to share my life For whom I gave my body to make the Land ? The dark sea rages Carrying away the fine sand ... pain is our pain today , People of my 19.
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... pain . Teuira can tell from her son's gestures , from his long silences and his solitude , that he carries deep within him the love of this woman . She feels the pain that is crushing his belly . She prays that the heavens will help her ...
... pain . Teuira can tell from her son's gestures , from his long silences and his solitude , that he carries deep within him the love of this woman . She feels the pain that is crushing his belly . She prays that the heavens will help her ...
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... pain coiled in the heart of their happiness . Because after the time to laugh comes the time to weep . Because she is the mother , she is always the one to speak when the words are too heavy to bear . ' I came here a long time ago , a ...
... pain coiled in the heart of their happiness . Because after the time to laugh comes the time to weep . Because she is the mother , she is always the one to speak when the words are too heavy to bear . ' I came here a long time ago , a ...
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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