Description
Winner of the 1997 Asia/Pacific Commonwealth Writer's Prize for fiction. In Where We Once Belonged Sia Figiel uses the storytelling traditions of Samoa to weave together experiences and dreams to tell the story of Samoan village life through the eyes of thirteen year old Alofa Filiga. It is spirited and fiercely written. Where We Once Belonged is an unflinchingly honest, poetic and often wildly funny coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of 1970s Samoa - a society on the cusp of change. As Alofa navigates the mores and restrictions of village life, she begins to come to terms with her own changing identity and the price she must pay for it. Sia Figiel evokes the delights and the pain of adolescence and of a culture caught between the past and the future.
Author: Sia Figiel
Publisher: Little Island Press
Published: 03/29/2009
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781877484100
ISBN10: 1877484105
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
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