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Island of shattered dreams

Author: Chantal T Spitz; Jean Anderson
Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Huia, 2007.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book combines a family saga and a doomed love story, set against the background of French Polynesia in the period leading up to the first nuclear tests.
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Genre/Form: Domestic fiction
Novels
Romance fiction
French fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Spitz, Chantal T., 1954-
Island of shattered dreams.
Wellington, N.Z. : Huia, 2007
(OCoLC)608078974
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Chantal T Spitz; Jean Anderson
ISBN: 9781869692995 1869692993
OCLC Number: 174083281
Language Note: Translation of: L'ile des reves ecrases.
Notes: Novel.
Description: 163 p. ; 21 cm.
Other Titles: Ile des rêves écrasés.
Responsibility: Chantal Spitz ; translated by Jean Anderson.

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