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HawaiÊ»i one summer

Name: HawaiÊ»i one summer
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
ISBN: 9780824818876

by Maxine Hong Kingston

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In this collection of 11 pieces, originally issued as a limited hand-printed edition, Maxine Hong Kingston does not attempt to capture Hawai'i but "instead and incidentally" to describe her "piece by piece, and hope that the sum praises her." The essays provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston's signature: an angle of vision, exquisitely balanced and clear-sighted, that awakens one to a knowledge of things.

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Sandra L. Mardenfield

She writes of Hawaii's spiritualism....The appeal of these pieces lies in Kingston's understanding of the past's importance. -- The New York Times Book Review