Vārua Tupu

April 11, 2016April 9, 2016 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 2 Comments

Vārua Tupu: New Writings from French Polynesia, Frank Stewart, Kareva Mateata-Allain, and Alexander Dale Mawyer, eds., 2006

French Polynesia, #4
Paperback, £5.68 from alibris.com
Read August 2015
Rating: 3/5
Recommended for: casual coffee-table browsing

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Frangipani: Mothers, daughters, and quiet revolutions

April 6, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 6 Comments

Frangipani, Célestine Hitiura Vaite, 2004

French Polynesia, #3
Paperback, borrowed from Brent Library, London
Read: July 2015
Rating: 3.5/5
Recommended for: feminists on beach vacations

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L’Île des rêves écrasés: Of love and atomic bombs

February 14, 2016January 4, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 7 Comments

L’Île des rêves écrasés (The Island of Shattered Dreams), Chantal Spitz, 1991

French Polynesia, #2
Epub, French edition, €11.50 from fnac.com
Read: August 2015
Rating: 3/5
Recommended for: those who have fallen in love across enemy lines

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Les Immémoriaux

February 9, 2016July 29, 2017 ~ Kelly Dunagan ~ 4 Comments

Les Immémoriaux (A Lapse of Memory), Victor Segalen, 1907

French Polynesia, #1
Kindle, french edition, free from amazon.com
Read July 2015
Rating: 3/5
Opening Line: Cette nuit là — comme tant d’autres nuits si nombreuses qu’on n’y pouvait songer sans une confusion — Térii le Récitant marchait, à pas mesurés, tout au long des parvis inviolables.
Recommended for: scholars and cynics (and cynical scholars)

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