Tom Peek

Broschiertes Buch

Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawai'i

Beschreibung

A young vagabond running from America's turmoil is forced to confront his own grief and rage on an embattled holy mountain in the Pacific. There he encounters a mysterious domain of ancient mountain deities and the Native Hawaiians who revere them, including two wise elders who take him under their wings and a young woman with a world-weary heart akin to his own. Through his startling experiences with them--and a motley cadre of other islanders--he learns the power of aloha and discovers an untapped reservoir of faith and courage that rekindles his hope in himself and in the world we share.

Autor

An award-winning novelist and acclaimed writing teacher, Tom Peek lived his early life on Minnesota’s Upper Mississippi River. After hitchhiking by boat through the South Seas, he settled on Hawaiʻi Island three decades ago. There he’s been, among other things, an astronomy and mountain guide on Mauna Kea, an eruption ranger and exhibit writer on Kilauea, and an insider participant in the efforts to protect both sacred volcanoes. In praising his award-winning debut novel, Daughters of Fire, Maile Meyer, founder of Honolulu’s Native Books/Nā Mea Hawai‘i, said, “Peek’s understanding of place, culture, and current issues is deep and respectful without being heavy-handed.” The Contemporary Pacific Journal called him “a storyteller extraordinaire, cut from an older cloth seldom seen today.”  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Easton Studio Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781632261205
• ISBN-10: 1632261200
• Artikelnr.: 67486284