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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... tomorrow . Ours is doomed to disappear , too old and worn out . ' ' In the meantime , we are affected by a profound unease . My children seem so different from Tematua and myself , and yet deep down , they are so very like us ...
... tomorrow . Ours is doomed to disappear , too old and worn out . ' ' In the meantime , we are affected by a profound unease . My children seem so different from Tematua and myself , and yet deep down , they are so very like us ...
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... tomorrow . They must not think about what comes later . ' O Time , suspend thy flight ... ' They must not move . They must not think . ' Perhaps Time will forget about us if we play dead ' , Laura thinks . ' We'll write ? ' ' That would ...
... tomorrow . They must not think about what comes later . ' O Time , suspend thy flight ... ' They must not move . They must not think . ' Perhaps Time will forget about us if we play dead ' , Laura thinks . ' We'll write ? ' ' That would ...
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... tomorrow I have hidden your name beneath the veil of indifference I have lost your name beneath the power of money I have forgotten your name in the derision of men . Ti'amara'a Tomorrow when the dim light Rises on the tears of our ...
... tomorrow I have hidden your name beneath the veil of indifference I have lost your name beneath the power of money I have forgotten your name in the derision of men . Ti'amara'a Tomorrow when the dim light Rises on the tears of our ...
Table des matières
Section 1 | 1 |
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