{"product_id":"calabash-stories","title":"Calabash Stories","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover, 160 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeffrey J. Higa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the tradition of Gabriel García Márquez and Maxine Hong Kingston, and deeply rooted in the intricacies of the author’s Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCalabash Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":41655217094822,"sku":"9780807175491","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/products\/cala.jpg?v=1635979401","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/calabash-stories","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}