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Island of Shattered Dreams
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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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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This could be the story of any colonized island. But to learn of the Maohi way of life was eye opening. It is amazing how much our views are based on those in authority and not realize it. I’m glad that Chantal Spritz gave this minimalist yet lyrical look into her people and past. Well worth the read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 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 political statement; and throughout it codeswitches between prose (Western style, narration of the mind) and poetry (Mā'ohi style, narration of the heart).
Skip the translator's note and start with the story proper. This is a good principle in general and an excellent one in this case, though reading it at the end would certainly be of interest.