"Pâkia" by Louis Becke is a short story that explores the collision of worlds in the Pacific Islands. It is a story found within "The Tapu of Banderah and Other Stories." It paints a picture of fading traditions and the complex effects of colonialism through the eyes of an old islander, Pâkia, and his interactions with a white man. As they share stories under the moon, Pâkia recounts his life, from whaling adventures to battles in distant lands, revealing a world where traditional ways are challenged by modern influences. The reader is shown a world of loss and change as Pâkia retells his stories, and he struggles with the clash between his past and the present.
Pâkia 1901
By Louis Becke
Amidst the fading moonlight, an old islander shares his life amidst cultural change, from whaling adventures to distant wars, revealing a world caught between tradition and modernity.
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About the AuthorGeorge Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
George Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
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