Beachmasters (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Thea Astley
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Social morality
- Time of Work: The early 1980’s
- Setting: Kristi, a South Pacific island
- Principal Characters: Tommy Narota, Gavi Salway, District Agent Cordingley, Bonser, Pere Leyroud, Salway, Woodful
- Genres: Long fiction, Postcolonial literature, Roman à clef
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Self-discovery, Colonies or colonization, Race, Revolutions, Religion, Class consciousness, 1980’s, Islands, Christianity, Good and evil
- Locales: Islands
The Novel
The external action of Beachmasters covers a few weeks—before, during, and after a short-lived native rebellion on Kristi, a remote South Pacific island. Although the name of the island differs, the novel is based on an actual South Pacific island rebellion that the controlling French and British powers quickly squelched. Shortly after the uprising, both in the novel and in reality, the island did gain its independence from colonial authority but was forced to join a federation of islands, thus losing its bid to become an independent nation. In addition to...
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