The Faber book of contemporary South Pacific stories Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
	A Note on Absences
	The Healer	1
	Farvel	10
	Village, Church and School	15
	The Headmistress's Story	27
	Joker and Wife	38
	A Double Life	52
	The Glorious Pacific Way	60
	The Woman Who Never Went Home	70
	For Sale at Koke Market	78
	The Jacket	90
	Cannibals	105
	The Tsunami	123
	Traumerei	129
	Beethoven's Ears	136
	The Celebration	141
	Letters	147
	Outlines of Gondwanaland	174
	A Short History of New Zealand	185
	A Thousand and One Nights	196
	Kala	203
	A Letter from the Dead	218
	White Soracte	227
	Carving up the Cross	241
	Pa Mai	248
	The Kumara Plant	251
	Ta Tatau	253
	Kerekere	258
	For Change	263
	Paradise	270
	Levuka	278
	Notes on Authors	282
	Glossary	285