Kisses in the nederends / Epeli Hauʹofa.

By:

Hauʹofa, Epeli [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin, 1987Description: 153 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0140099069
9780140099065

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Summary: Weaves a tale of improbabilities around the seat of the last great taboo. Oilei Bomboki wakes one morning with an excruciating pain that sends him anxiously searching for a cure. Unsuccessful treatments at the hands of various healers and doctors, culminating in a bizarre operation, lead the desperate Oilei to seek the help of Babu Vivekanand--sage, yogi, and conman. Through Babu's teachings Oilei learns to love and respect the source of his (and, ultimately, everyone else's) complaint. By turns savage and absurdly comic, this brilliant satire allows Hau'ofa to comment on aspects of life in a small Pacific community perched precariously between traditional and modern ways.

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Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 823 HAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH25062351

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Weaves a tale of improbabilities around the seat of the last great taboo. Oilei Bomboki wakes one morning with an excruciating pain that sends him anxiously searching for a cure. Unsuccessful treatments at the hands of various healers and doctors, culminating in a bizarre operation, lead the desperate Oilei to seek the help of Babu Vivekanand--sage, yogi, and conman. Through Babu's teachings Oilei learns to love and respect the source of his (and, ultimately, everyone else's) complaint. By turns savage and absurdly comic, this brilliant satire allows Hau'ofa to comment on aspects of life in a small Pacific community perched precariously between traditional and modern ways.