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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... shared their passion for the Word , listening with the others who have not returned , to these gifted orators who spoke to them for hours without their concentration ever wavering . How he used to admire them , these men who had ...
... shared their passion for the Word , listening with the others who have not returned , to these gifted orators who spoke to them for hours without their concentration ever wavering . How he used to admire them , these men who had ...
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... shared with her , offering her his only possession , his dream . Her logical mind , formed by her education , cries out to her to forget this man with whom she has no possible future , her impulsive heart murmurs deep within her that ...
... shared with her , offering her his only possession , his dream . Her logical mind , formed by her education , cries out to her to forget this man with whom she has no possible future , her impulsive heart murmurs deep within her that ...
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... shared hours Beneath a sky sprinkled with clustered stars On this beach bathed in moonlight Your body that makes desire rise within me To the rhythm of the ocean waves Your eyes that light in our darkness Fires where I am consumed Your ...
... shared hours Beneath a sky sprinkled with clustered stars On this beach bathed in moonlight Your body that makes desire rise within me To the rhythm of the ocean waves Your eyes that light in our darkness Fires where I am consumed Your ...
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