Calabash Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807175491)

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.

Author: Jeffrey J. Higa
ISBN-10: 0807175498
ISBN-13: 9780807175491
Publisher: Pleiades Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2021
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.70w x 0.40d