Bibliograph

Calabash stories, Jeffrey J. Higa

Type

Label

Calabash stories, Jeffrey J. Higa

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Calabash stories

Oclc number

1204141348

Responsibility statement

Jeffrey J. Higa

Series statement

Robert C. Jones Prize series

Summary

"In the tradition of Gabriel García Márquez 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 dreamstate 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 comes from a shared understanding of grief." --, Provided by publisher

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