{"product_id":"pina-paperback","title":"Pina - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTitaua Peu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Zuckerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRajiv Mohabir\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 French Voices Grand Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning Tahitian author Titaua Peu comes \u003ci\u003ePina\u003c\/i\u003e, a devastating novel about a family torn apart by secrets and the legacy of colonialism, held together by nine-year-old Pina, a girl shouldering the immeasurable weight of her family's traumas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from Tahiti's postcard-perfect beaches, Ma and Auguste and five of their nine children live a hand-to-mouth life in destitute, run-down Tenaho. Nine-year-old Pina, abused and neglected in equal measure, is the keeper of her family's secrets, though the weight of this knowledge soon proves to be a burden no child could ever bear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA victim of her father's alcoholic rages and the object of her mother's anger and indifference, Pina protects her younger sister, Moïra, as best she can, but a tragic accident upsets the precarious equilibrium of the family, setting them on a path to destruction. The fault lines of her family, descendants of Mā'ohi warriors who once fended off European settlers, begin to shift and crack open, laying bare how the past shapes and haunts the present: her brother Pauro falls in love with a Frenchman, her sister Rosa sinks into sexual exploitation as a futile means of escape, her eldest brother August Junior's addictions and temper may lead him into ruin, and Hannah, the oldest daughter who had escaped to France, is beckoned back home, fearing the worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElegantly translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, \u003ci\u003ePina\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a bold and profoundly humane anticolonial writer. It's a gut punch of a novel that traces the history of a family, an island, and a people, reaching back to a time before colonial rule and stretching into an imagined, hopeful future of independence and autonomy, offering the promise of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159502459015,"sku":"9781632061553","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/66c824b9a4c443959b7ce633df9655e7.webp?v=1733267054","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pina-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}