Where We Once Belonged
(Paperback, 3rd edition)
Publishing Details
Where We Once Belonged
By (Author) Sia Figiel
Little Island Press
Little Island Press
1st January 2009
3rd edition
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Fiction
899.462
Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book South East Asia and South Pacific 1997
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 135mm, Height 200mm
200g
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.
