{"product_id":"9780807175491","title":"Calabash Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Gabriel Garc?!a M?irquez and Maxine Hong Kingston, and deeply rooted in the intricacies of the author's Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, Calabash Stories 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\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428915888180,"sku":"9780807175491","price":57.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9390\/2132\/files\/9780807175491.jpg?v=1774745875","url":"https:\/\/woodslane.com.au\/products\/9780807175491","provider":"Woodslane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}