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Island of Shattered Dreams
Author(s): Chantal T. Spitz (Author)
- Publisher: Hawaii Distributed Titles
- Publication Date: 31 Dec. 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 172 pages
- ISBN-10: 1869692993
- ISBN-13: 9781869692995
Book Description
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.
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About the Author
Chantal Spitz is the best-known of Tahiti’s indigenous writers and the author of two novels and a collection of essays. She is a founding member of the literary review Litterama’ohi, of which she is currently editor. Jean Anderson is Programme Director for French at Victoria University of Wellington. She has co-translated into French works by several New Zealand writers including Patricia Grace and Janet Frame.
