Apr. 10th, 2010 | 03:04 pm
#435
Title: Tales of the Tikongs
Author: Epeli Hau'ofa
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (originally published by Longman Paul)
Year: 1994 (1983)
Country: (Fiji; it could also serve for Papua New Guinea depending what else I find)
103 pages
A very funny collection of loosely related short stories and sketches. Affectionately cynical, the author skewers both islanders (who are lazy, sly, rationalize using religion, and rationalize religion itself) and development efforts (which are misguided, bloated, idiotic, and clueless). A really fun book for anyone with a sense of humor about the sometimes-agonizing clash of indigenous and former colonial cultures.
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