Titaua Peu
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Titaua Peu is a Tahitian author known for her politically charged, realistic portrayal of the effects of colonialism on contemporary Polynesia. Peu’s unsparing first novel, Mutismes, was published in 2003, sparking immediate scandal and 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.
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By Titaua Peu
Translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman
Introduction by Rajiv Mohabir
Winner of the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize
Winner of the 2019 French Voices Grand Prize
Longlisted for the 2023 PEN Translation Prize
From award-winning Tahitian author Titaua Peu comes Pina, a devastating novel about a family torn apart by secrets and the legacy of colonialism and held together by nine-year-old Pina, a girl shouldering the immeasurable weight of her family’s traumas.
Paperback ISBN: 9781632061553
Publication date: Aug 16, 2022