I Am Not Your Eve by Devika Ponnambalam

I Am Not Your Eve by Devika Ponnambalam

I Am Not Your Eve is the story of Teha'amana, Tahitian muse and child-bride to the painter Paul Gauguin. She shares her thougths as he works on one of his masterpieces, The Spirit of The Dead Keeps Watch, a work so important to Gauguin that it haunts his later self-portrait. As Teha'amana tells her story, other voices of the island rise: Hina goddess of the moon, a lizard watching from the eaves, Gauguin's mask of Teha'amana carved from one of the trees. Woven in are the origin myths that cradled Polynesia before French colonists brought the Christian faith. Distant diary entries by Gauguin's daughter Aline - the same age as her father's new 'wife' - recall the other hemisphere of his life. This is the novel that gives Teha'amana a voice; one that travels with the myths and legends of the island, across history and asks to be heard.

I am thrilled to be shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards for my first book; Teha'amana's story is unique and was, until now, untoldThis is the song of the silenced, of the abused, and the colonised. This award nomination will take her story and that of her culture's to many more readers in the western world.

Devika Ponnambalam was born in Brunei but now lives in Edinburgh. She has an MA in Creative Writing from the UEA and her latest film was premiered at the 11th Pune Short Film Festival in India.

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ISBN 13	9781915693051
ISBN 10	1915693055
Title	I Am Not Your Eve
Author	Devika Ponnambalam
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bluemoose Books Ltd
Year published	2023-03-23
Number of pages	225
Prizes	Short-listed for Scottish Book of The Year. 2022, Short-listed for WALTER SCOTT Prize 2023
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