Fiji / Daryl Tarte.

By:

Tarte, Daryl

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Fairfield, Australia : Pascoe Pub., 1988, 2012Description: 477 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

094708715X

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

823 20

LOC classification:

PR 9619.3 T194f 1988

Contents:

Part one: Taveuni: The colonial period -- 1. People along the road -- 2. The old home -- 3. The plantation -- 4. The young overseer -- 5. Island life -- 6. Marriage -- 7. An array of characters -- 8. Sale of the plantation -- 9. Farewell Taveuni -- part two: Greater Fiji: Life in the nation -- 10. Sugar -- 11. Tourism -- 12. Commerce and industry -- Interlude: A Fijian delicacy-Balolo -- 13. Diplomacy -- 14. Politics and leadership -- Interlude: A conversation of spirits -- 15. Sports -- Interlude: China rose -- 16. Clubs -- Interlude: Rotary-Service above self -- 17. Religion -- Interlude: The Veli-Fiji's hairy myth -- 18. The underprivileged -- 19. Media: the voice of the people -- 20. Rumblings of discontent -- Interlude: Reflections on coups -- 21. Women: the real mother lode -- 22. Islands -- 23. In search of a soul -- 24. Conclusion.

Summary: Daryl Tarte writes emotively, in great detail, about his personal experience of growing up on a remote island during the colonial era, when races were segregated, and white people lived an elite existence.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PR 9619.3 T194f 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000121163

Part one: Taveuni: The colonial period --
1. People along the road --
2. The old home --
3. The plantation --
4. The young overseer --
5. Island life --
6. Marriage --
7. An array of characters --
8. Sale of the plantation --
9. Farewell Taveuni --
part two: Greater Fiji: Life in the nation --
10. Sugar --
11. Tourism --
12. Commerce and industry --
Interlude: A Fijian delicacy-Balolo --
13. Diplomacy --
14. Politics and leadership --
Interlude: A conversation of spirits --
15. Sports --
Interlude: China rose --
16. Clubs --
Interlude: Rotary-Service above self --
17. Religion --
Interlude: The Veli-Fiji's hairy myth --
18. The underprivileged --
19. Media: the voice of the people --
20. Rumblings of discontent --
Interlude: Reflections on coups --
21. Women: the real mother lode --
22. Islands --
23. In search of a soul --
24. Conclusion.

Daryl Tarte writes emotively, in great detail, about his personal experience of growing up on a remote island during the colonial era, when races were segregated, and white people lived an elite existence.

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