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This Is Paradise: Stories [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Fiction)
  • Author:  Kahakauwila, Kristiana
  • Author:  Kahakauwila, Kristiana
  • ISBN-10:  0770436250
  • ISBN-10:  0770436250
  • ISBN-13:  9780770436254
  • ISBN-13:  9780770436254
  • Publisher:  Hogarth
  • Publisher:  Hogarth
  • Pages:  240
  • Pages:  240
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2013
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2013
  • SKU:  0770436250-11-SPLV
  • SKU:  0770436250-11-SPLV
  • Item ID: 100567257
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Elegant, brutal, and profoundthis magnificent debut captures the grit and glory of modern Hawai'i with breathtaking force and accuracy.
 
In a stunning collection that announces the arrival of an incredible talent, Kristiana Kahakauwila travels the islands of Hawai'i, making the fabled place her own. Exploring the deep tensions between local and tourist, tradition and expectation, façade and authentic self,This Is Paradiseprovides an unforgettable portrait of life as it’s truly being lived on Maui, Oahu, Kaua'i and the Big Island.

In the gut-punch of “Wanle,” a beautiful and tough young woman wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps as a legendary cockfighter. With striking versatility, the title story employs a chorus of voices—the women of Waikiki—to tell the tale of a young tourist drawn to the darker side of the city’s nightlife. “The Old Paniolo Way” limns the difficult nature of legacy and inheritance when a patriarch tries to settle the affairs of his farm before his death.

Exquisitely written and bursting with sharply observed detail, Kahakauwila’s stories remind us of the powerful desire to belong, to put down roots, and to have a place to call home.“Vividly imagined, beautifully written, at times almost unbearably suspenseful—the stories in Kristiana Kahakauwila’s debut collection,This Is Paradise,are boldly inventive in their exploration of the tenuous nature of human relations. These are poignant stories of ‘paradise’—Hawai'i—with all that ‘paradise’ entails of the transience of sensuous beauty.”—JOYCE CAROL OATES

This is Paradisegives us a raw view of local color in all of its perplexities and pleasures....[The stories] give us a picture of island life quite disturbing at the heart of thingstl“j

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