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RONALD WRIGHT'S EXPLORATION OF THE FIJI ISLANDS BEGINS IN THE FIJI MUSEUM WHERE A CAPTION IDENTIFIES THE OBJECT DISPLAYED AS THE "FORK USED IN EATING MR BAKER". PERHAPS NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS THERE A CULTURE THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE WITHOUT BEING DEEPLY SCARRED BY IT:IN ONLY A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY BAKER WAS EATEN BY NATIVES,FIJI HAS BECOME A CIVILIZATION THAT HAS ADAPTED,EVEN EMBRACED WITH 20TH CENTURY. WRIGHT BELIEVES THAT THIS ABSENCE OF TRAUMA IS IN PART DUE TO THE INSULARITY OF THE MANY COEXISTENT BUT INTROVERTED COMMUNITIES THAT EXIST ON THE ISLANDS IN THE FIJI GROUP - THE SEPARATION ALLOWS A "UNITY" THAT IS HARMONIOUS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COUNTRIES WITH PARALLEL HISTORIES. WRIGHT WILL EXAMINE THIS THEME AND ITS RELATED TOPIC OF THE INSULARITY OF MODERN TRAVELLERS AGAINST THE HISTORICAL,POLITICAL,AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL BACKDROP OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - SEEMINGLY ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXOTIC LOCALES. AS IN THE AUTHOR'S HIGHLY-PRAISED "CUT STONES AND CROSSROADS",WRIGHT WILL DRAW THESE STRAINS TOGETHER SKILLFULLY,ALLOWING THE READER BOTH A VIVID PORTRAIT (18/3/87). OF THE ISLANDS AND A RARE EXPOSURE OF THE NUANCES OF A FOREIGN CULTURE.

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Product details

Series: Penguin travel library

Paperback: 257 pages

Publisher: Penguin Books (July 7, 1987)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0140095519

ISBN-13: 978-0140095517

Product Dimensions:

1 x 1 x 1 inches

Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

Average Customer Review:

3.3 out of 5 stars

2 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#2,811,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Back in 1986, before the Fiji coups which prevented Indian parties from taking power, Ronald Wright spent a month or so in Fiji and wrote this honest view of what he saw. It is well-written, it is easily-read, and it gives a kind of “one-month-in-Fiji” day by day description of an interesting place. He filled out his travel experience with some decent portions of Fijian history and 20th century politics. Somehow, though, it left this reader feeling a certain lack of depth, probably due to the fact that one month is not long enough to gather enough experience and knowledge to write more convincingly. The most informative and unusual part of the book is the section on Ocean Island or Banaba, a Micronesian island utterly devastated by a British phosphate mining company, whose inhabitants were finally resettled on a Fiji island. However, I fear that bar conversations, a few interviews, a three day walk through interior mountains, imitation of various accents in English, and a description of one’s drinks and meals are not enough. Wright skillfully described virtually every moment of his stay, making the most of every view, every conversation, but…… I’ve got to hand it to the author for giving it a shot in any case. If you ever wanted to know something about Fiji, you could do worse than read his book, but be aware that it’s only an appetizer, not the main meal. And speaking of “main meal”, I thought that he could have left out most of the constant references to former cannibalism, an attempt on his part to “spice up” the book no doubt, but reminiscent of a book on England focusing interminably on fox hunting habits or public hangings.

This was a fun book to read while traveling in Fiji. It provides a great perspective of the history of the islands complete with interesting and sometimes entertaining antecdotes of the author's travels through Fiji. The text alternates between the author's personal travel experiences and a drier (but still interesting) history of Fijian native culture and colonial influences.

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