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Kiana Davenport

    Kiana Davenport is a writer whose work is deeply rooted in her rich ancestral heritage, bridging the vast Pacific and the American South. Her narratives often explore the intersection of cultures, drawing from her unique lineage that connects her to the ancient Polynesian settlers of Hawaii and the colonial history of New England. Through her compelling prose, Davenport delves into complex familial relationships and the enduring impact of history on the present. Her novels offer readers a profound exploration of identity, belonging, and the universal human experience.

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    Ballantine Reader's Circle: Song of the Exile
    Shark dialogues
    • Shark dialogues

      • 492 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      “Compares with Toni Morrison.”— Glamour Beginning with the fateful meeting of a nineteenth-century Yankee sailor and the runaway daughter of a Tahitian chief, and sweeping over a century and a half of passionate, turbulent Hawaiian history, Shark Dialogues takes its place as the first novel to do justice to the rich heritage and cruel conflicts of the beautiful and beleaguered islands and their people. Surreal, provocative, erotic, magical, meaningful, and supremely wise, it is a tale of islanders and invaders, of victors and victims, of queens and whores, of lepers and healers. And at its center are Pono, the magnificent pure-blooded matriarch and seer, and her four mixed-blood granddaughters seeking to come to terms with the contradictions of their ancestries and the hungers of their hearts. Their loves, their hates, the bonds joining them, and the furies possessing them are interwoven with ancient legends and lore of the islands whose past offers their salvation and whose future is their fate. Kiana Davenport has written a major contribution to the literature of the Pacific Rim—a great reading experience both brilliantly contemporary in its form and timeless in its illumination. “A giant, image-fevered, luxuriant saga of a Hawaiian family… powerful, memorable, intoxicating.”— Kirkus Reviews “Complex, resonant… handles the sweep of history and the nuance of the personal equally well… Sensuous.”— San Francisco Chronicle

      Shark dialogues
      4.1
    • In this epic, original novel in which Hawaii's fierce, sweeping past springs to life, Kiana Davenport, author of the acclaimed Shark Dialogues, draws upon the remarkable stories of her people to create a timeless, passionate tale of love and survival, tragedy and triumph, survival and transcendence. In spellbinding, sensual prose, Song of the Exile follows the fortunes of the Meahuna family--and the odyssey of one resilient man searching for his soul mate after she is torn from his side by the forces of war. From the turbulent years of World War II through Hawaii's complex journey to statehood, this mesmerizing story presents a cast of richly imagined characters who rise up magnificent and forceful, redeemed by the spiritual power and the awesome beauty of their islands.

      Ballantine Reader's Circle: Song of the Exile
      3.4
    • „Als kleines Mädchen wurde Ana von ihrer Mutter auf Hawaii zurückgelassen, und heute will sie nichts mehr wissen von dieser Fremden aus Amerika. Der frühe Verlust hat sie misstrauisch gemacht, und so stößt Ana jeden von sich, der ihr nahekommen möchte. Bis sie dem Dokumentarfilmer Nicolai begegnet – mitten in einem Hurrikan, der über die Insel hinwegfegt … Nicolai ist wie Ana ein vom Leben Gebeutelter, doch er scheint die Wunden heilen zu können, die das Schicksal ihr geschlagen hat. Ana, geprägt vom Kampf um das bedrohte Paradies Hawaii, ist überwältigt von den Gefühlen, die Nicolai ihr entgegenbringt. Staunend sieht sie, wie liebevoll der Fremde von ihrer Familie aufgenommen wird. Und doch kann Ana die schmerzhafte Erinnerung an ihre Mutter und die tiefe Angst vor einem erneuten Verlust nicht überwinden: Als sie erfährt, dass Nicolai schwer krank ist, zieht sie sich zurück. Hals über Kopf verlässt Nicolai Hawaii, und Ana glaubt, ihn für immer verloren zu haben. Zu spät findet sie einen Brief, in dem er ihr seine Gefühle gesteht. Ana muss lernen zu verzeihen – um lieben zu können, und um Nicolai zu finden.“

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