Praise for Pina:

"There are novels which crack like gunshots. Those of Titaua Peu mark a revolution in the literature of the Pacific. With Pina, it is the other face of Tahiti that appears; that of a society ravaged by cultural uprooting, worn down by misery and colonialism."
-Mediapart

"Titaua Peu reappropriates words long monopolized by Europeans and returns them to their place in the "natural" part of Polynesian heritage."
-Christine Chemeau, Le Monde Diplomatique

"The novelist seizes the reader with her fiery prose, serving her whirlwind story about the crossing paths of many different characters."
-Télérama

Titaua Peu is a Tahitian author known for her politically charged, realistic portrayal of the effects of colonialism on contemporary Polynesia. Peüs first novel, Mutismes, was published in 2003, making her the youngest-ever published Tahitian author at age twenty-eight. Pina was awarded the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize, a first for Polynesian literature. She currently lives in Tahiti where she serves as the general manager of the municipality of Paea.