Molokai: A Recent by Alan Brennert

Molokai: A Recent by Alan Brennert

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E-newsletter Yr: 2004 Structure: Paperback
Language: English ISBN:

9780312304355

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Synopsis
This richly imagined contemporary, arrangement in Hawai’i more than a century within the past, is an unprecedented legend of a bit-acknowledged time and arrangement – and a deeply though-provoking testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.Rachel Kalama, a intelligent seven-year-primitive Hawaiian lady, dreams of visiting a long way-off lands esteem her father, a merchant seaman. Then at some point a rose-coloured sign appears to be like on her skin, and these dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her dwelling and family, Rachel is dispensed to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka’i. Right here her existence is speculated to total – nonetheless as an different she discovers it is only correct origin.With a vivid solid of vividly realized characters, Moloka’i is the correct-to-existence legend of a these that embraced existence within the face of death. Such is the warmth, humor, and compassion of this contemporary that few readers will remain unchanged by Rachel’s story” (mostlyfiction.com).”

Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 0312304358
ISBN-13 9780312304355
eBay Product ID (ePID) 30792463

Key Crucial sides
Creator Alan Brennert
Amount Of Pages 400 pages
Version Description Revised
Structure Paperback
E-newsletter Date 2004-10-04
Language English
Creator St. Martin’s Press
E-newsletter Yr 2004

Additional Crucial sides
Copyright Date 2010

Dimensions
Weight 13.3 Oz19459034]
Prime 1.1 In.
Width 5.5 In.
Dimension 8.3 In.

Target Audience
Crew Alternate

Classification Intention
LCCN 2003-047134
LC Classification Amount PS3552.R3865M65 2004
Dewey Decimal 813/.54
Dewey Version 23

Critiques
“An even historical contemporary.”–The Washington Put up “Moloka’iis a haunting story of tragedy in a Pacific paradise.”–Robert Morgan, creator of Gap Creek   “Alan Brennert attracts on historical accounts of Kalaupapa and weaves in veteran Hawaiian tales and customs…. Moloka’iis the story of these that had powerful taken from them nonetheless also won an surprising original family and community within the project.”–Chicago Tribune “[An] exciting contemporary…Brennert conjures up the evolution of–and hardships on–Moloka’i in participating prose that conveys a convincing sense of arrangement.”–Nationwide Geographic Traveler “Challenging and elegiac.” –Honolulu Neatly-known person-Bulletin   “Compellingly normal…Brennert’s compassion makes Rachel a memorable character, and his comfy storytelling vividly brings early twentieth-century Hawai’i to existence.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review) An even historical contemporary. Alan Brennert attracts on historical accounts of Kalaupapa and weaves in veteran Hawaiian tales and customs…. Moloka’i is the story of these that had powerful taken from them nonetheless also won an surprising original family and community within the project. Compellingly normal…Brennert’s compassion makes Rachel a memorable character, and his comfy storytelling vividly brings early twentieth-century Hawai’i to existence. Moloka’i is a haunting story of tragedy in a Pacific paradise. Challenging and elegiac. [An] exciting contemporary…Brennert conjures up the evolution of–and hardships on–Moloka’i in participating prose that conveys a convincing sense of arrangement.

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