Pina

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."
-Télérama

About the author

Titaua Peu is a Tahitian author known for her politically charged, realistic portrayal of the effects of colonialism on contemporary Polynesia. Peüs first novel, Mutismes, was published in 2003, making her the youngest-ever published Tahitian author at age twenty-eight. Pina was awarded the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize, a first for Polynesian literature. She currently lives in Tahiti where she serves as the general manager of the municipality of Paea.

Product details

• Authors: Titaua Peu
• Assisted by: Rajiv Mohabir (Introduction), Jeffrey Zuckerman (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781632061553
• ISBN: 978-1-63206-155-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Indigenous, FICTION / World Literature / Oceania