Island of Shattered DreamsFinally 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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User Review - zeborah - LibraryThingThe first novel by a Mā'ohi (Tahitian) author, translated from French (L'Ile des rêves écrasés) to English. Flows smoothly from origin stories to family saga to resistance struggle to love story to ... Read full review
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| Title | Island of Shattered Dreams |
| Author | Chantal T. Spitz |
| Translated by | Jean Anderson |
| Publisher | Huia, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 1869692993, 9781869692995 |
| Length | 163 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / General Fiction / Historical / General Fiction / Sagas |
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