Sharks in the Time of Saviours

Informationen zum Autor Kawai Strong Washburn was born and raised on the Hamakua coast of Hawai'i. He has worked in software and as a climate policy advocate. His short fiction has appeared in McSweeney's, Electric Literature and Best American Non-required Reading , among others. He has received scholarships from the Tin House and Bread Loaf writer's workshops. He lives in Minnesota with his wife and daughters. Sharks in the Time of Saviours is his debut novel. A powerful debut novel that delicately blends Hawai ian myth with the broken American dream, this is an engrossing family saga and a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation Zusammenfassung A powerful debut novel that delicately blends Hawaiian myth with the broken American dream, this is an engrossing family saga and a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation

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The novel you never knew you were waiting for. Old myths clash with new realities, love is in a ride or die with grief, faith rubs hard against magic, and comic flips with tragic so much they meld into something new. All told with daredevil lyricism to burn. A ferocious debut MARLON JAMES

Product details

• Authors: Kawai Strong Washburn
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781786896490
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-649-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Hawaii, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Hawaii (Big Island), Magical Realism, Generational sagas