Tropical Dreams. "Geckos and Moths" by Patricia Johnson and "Forever in Paradise" by Apelu Tielu. [review]
Tropical Dreams. "Geckos and Moths" by Patricia Johnson and "Forever in Paradise" by Apelu Tielu. [review]
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Date
2003-12
Authors
McGirr, Michael
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Australian Book Review
Abstract
"Geckos and Moths" deals incisively, yet without histrionics, with the unravelling of a dream and the fraying of an Australian colonial fiction. "Forever in Paradise" is, on the other hand, unable to deal realistically with human imperfection. The book is infatuated with its central character, Solomona Tuisamoa. The problem is that Solomona is a pompous bore. He is such an impossibly wise, just, kind, caring and virtuous man that it is difficult to relate to him at any level.
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Australian,
Book Reviews,
Publishing,
Trobriand Islands,
Papua New Guinea,
Sandy Stone,
Burns Philp,
Port Moresby,
Harvard,
Gaugin,
Samoa,
New Zealand,
Pacific Island,
Fiction,
Passat Volkswagon,
Hitler,
abortion,
euthanasia,
America,
Christianity
Citation
McGirr, Michael 2003. Tropical Dreams. Review of "Geckos and Moths" by Patricia Johnson and "Forever in Paradise" by Apelu Tielu. 'Australian Book Review', No 257, December, 53-54.