| Calabash Stories Contributor(s): Higa, Jeffrey J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807175498 ISBN-13: 9780807175491 Publisher: Pleiades Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Asian American - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.7" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the tradition of Gabriel Garc a M rquez and Maxine Hong Kingston, and deeply rooted in the intricacies of the author's Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, Calabash Stories is a lucid, unforgettable collection. Jeffrey J. Higa's stories arise from different points in the same fertile landscape: At times, the recurrence of certain details (a beige Volkswagen bug, a famous entertainer) makes them glow with deeper meaning; at others, the reemergence of potent archetypes (a sick child, an old man living alone) invokes a dream state held between author and reader. Like the traditional Hawaiian calabash, these stories invite their reader to a family table where we are welcomed and nourished by communal traditions. Higa is a master storyteller, delighting in life's humor and strangeness while arriving at the intimacy and poignancy that come from a shared understanding of grief. |