L'arbre à pain

Synopsis of L'arbre à pain

«L’arbre à pain» is the contemporary fiction novel by Célestine Hitiura Vaite, published by 10/18 in paperback (408 pages, in French).

Chronicle of a Tahitian family from working-class neighbourhoods: Materena, mother of three and a domestic worker with a direct way of speaking and simple dreams, is the protagonist of stories linked by her desire to get married. Her partner Pito, between beers and friends, resists the wedding. Humour and tenderness about the art of living in the fenua and love Tahitian style.

First instalment of the «Chroniques de Tahiti» trilogy, from the «Materena Mahi» series; originally published in English as «Breadfruit» and translated into French by Henri Thereau.

For readers of contemporary fiction and family chronicles with humour and a Tahitian setting.