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Tales of the Tikongs Paperback - 1994
by Hau'ofa, Epeli
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- Title Tales of the Tikongs
- Author Hau'ofa, Epeli
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 104
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
- Date 1994-08-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000753224
- ISBN 9780824815943 / 0824815947
- Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 7.64 x 5.02 x 0.26 in (19.41 x 12.75 x 0.66 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94020127
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
Tiko, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, faces a tidal wave of D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T, which threatens to demolish ancestral ways and the human spirit. From Sione, who prefers to play cards with his secretary during work hours, to Ole Pasifikiwei, who masters the twists and turns of international funding games, all of the characters in these pages are seasoned surfers, capable of riding the biggest wave to shore. These are not stories of fatal impact so much as upbeat tales of indigenous responses to cultural and economic imperialism. Epeli Hauofa uses devices derived from oral storytelling to create a South Pacific voice that is lucid, hilarious, and compassionate in a work that has long been regarded as a milestone in Pacific literature.