Praise for Pina : "There are novels which crack like gunshots. Those of Titaua Peu mark a revolution in the literature of the Pacific. With Pina , it is the other face of Tahiti that appears; that of a society ravaged by cultural uprooting, worn down by misery and colonialism." -- Mediapart "Titaua Peu reappropriates words long monopolized by Europeans and returns them to their place in the "natural" part of Polynesian heritage." --Christine Chemeau, Le Monde Diplomatique The novelist seizes the reader with ...
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Praise for Pina : "There are novels which crack like gunshots. Those of Titaua Peu mark a revolution in the literature of the Pacific. With Pina , it is the other face of Tahiti that appears; that of a society ravaged by cultural uprooting, worn down by misery and colonialism." -- Mediapart "Titaua Peu reappropriates words long monopolized by Europeans and returns them to their place in the "natural" part of Polynesian heritage." --Christine Chemeau, Le Monde Diplomatique The novelist seizes the reader with her fiery prose, serving her whirlwind story about the crossing paths of many different characters. --T???l???rama
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