Tales of the Tikongs

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Tales of the Tikongs

Author	: Epeli Hau‘ofa
File Size	: 49,8 Mb
Publisher	: University of Hawaii Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 July 1994
ISBN	: 0824815947
Pages	: 108 pages

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In this lively satire of contemporary South Pacific life, we meet a familiar cast of characters: multinational experts, religious fanatics, con men, "simple" villagers, corrupt politicians. In writing about this tiny world of flawed personalities, Hau‘ofa displays his wit and range of comic resource, amply exercising what one reviewer called his “gift of seeing absurdity clearly."

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