{"product_id":"calabash-stories-9780807175491","title":"Calabash Stories","description":"In the tradition of Gabriel Garc a M rquez and Maxine Hong Kingston, and deeply rooted in the intricacies of the author's Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, \u003ci\u003eCalabash Stories\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey J. Higa\u003c\/b\u003e is the great-grandson of Okinawan immigrants who went to Hawaii to work on the sugar plantations. He inherited their stories and love of their adopted land. He earned a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and has gone on to become an award-winning fiction writer, essayist, and playwright.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pleiades Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525510598930,"sku":"9780807175491","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fdde5224-a811-4469-a231-2c0b21cfa69c.jpg?v=1731224059","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/calabash-stories-9780807175491","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}