![]() ![]() These are not stories of fatal impact so much as upbeat tales of indigenous responses to cultural and economic imperialism. From Sione, who prefers to play cards with his secretary during work hours, to Ole Pasifikiwei, who masters the twists and turns of international funding games, all of the characters in these pages are seasoned surfers, capable of riding the biggest wave to shore. Tiko, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, faces a tidal wave of D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T, which threatens to demolish ancestral ways and the human spirit. The text is highly critical of the French government and, as a result, its publication in Tahiti was polarizing. 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. Spitzįinally in English, Island of Shattered Dreams is the first ever novel by an indigenous Tahitian writer. ![]()
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