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The Color of Air

av Gail Tsukiyama

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19813135,792 (3.66)12
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations. Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniel's mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He can't wait to see Daniel, who he's always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his father. But Daniel's arrival coincides with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their village stirs both new and long ago passions in their community. Alternating between past and present-from the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades prior-The Color of Air interweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, and Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates their lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna Loa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a path forward for them all"--… (mer)
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Ok book. Predictable ( )
  kakadoo202 | Oct 12, 2023 |
This could have been an interesting story, but I couldn't get into the writing. Telling of the events during an eruption in Hawaii in 1935, this concentrates on the Japanese who moved to work on the sugar cane plantations. It felt that there were too many perspectives, the chapters were very short and even those were broken into sub chapters. It felt like it was written for a very short attention span, it simply didn't have enough depth to immerse yourself in. Everyone has a deep dark secret or hidden trauma, and it relies on that to drive the story forward. It just didn't work for me. ( )
  Helenliz | Sep 13, 2023 |
I don’t know how I missed this book! The setting is primarily Hilo Hawaii 1935, it involves a number of loosely related Japanese living in Hilo or working on a sugarcane plantation outside of town, and the eruption of Mauna Loa, and the lava flow that threatened Hilo!
This story is fantastic, the character development and the prose is often short but beautifully descriptive.
This is a fantastic book! ( )
  zmagic69 | Mar 31, 2023 |
Set mostly in 1935 in the small town of Hilo, Hawaii, protagonist Daniel has returned after studying on the mainland, becoming a doctor, and practicing medicine in Chicago. It is a character-driven novel, focused on Daniel, his stepfather, ex-girlfriend, aunt, and aunt’s mother. Daniel and his ex-girlfriend may reunite. They have each had a recent traumatic experience. The specter of the volcanic eruption of Mauna Loa looms over the scene as does the question of what happened to Daniel’s father, who abandoned the family many years before. I enjoyed the historic setting and found this book pleasant enough, but it lacks zest. ( )
  Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |
This is a perfectly serviceable work of historical fiction. The author sprinkles in lots of details about the flora, geography, and culture to get a sense of time and place. It is a gentle read, which is nice at face value...until we're introduced to the myriad unsettling issues the characters face, and then the story becomes too bland. There were enough details missing that I, a mainland haole with a very basic understanding of the Big Island, started to wonder who this book is for. (Answer: probably folks who aren't familiar with Hawai'i and want to dip a toe in.) And so here we are again--it's a perfectly serviceable work of historical fiction. ( )
  LibroLindsay | Jun 18, 2021 |
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The very color of the air in the place I was born was different, the smell of the earth was special, redolent with memories of my parents.
- - Natsume Soseki
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For all the Hilo Aunties who have graced my life
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The sky threatened rain as Koji Sanada approached the green bungalow where the pungent scent of rotting mangoes mingled with a hint of smoke, the bitter remnants of the preharvest cane burning that drifted down from the surrounding plantations.
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations. Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally coming back to Hawai'i. He has his own reason for returning to his childhood home, but it is not to revisit the past, unlike his Uncle Koji. Koji lives with the memories of Daniel's mother, Mariko, the love of his life, and the scars of a life hard-lived. He can't wait to see Daniel, who he's always thought of as a son, but he knows the time has come to tell him the truth about his mother, and his father. But Daniel's arrival coincides with the awakening of the Mauna Loa volcano, and its dangerous path toward their village stirs both new and long ago passions in their community. Alternating between past and present-from the day of the volcano eruption in 1935 to decades prior-The Color of Air interweaves the stories of Daniel, Koji, and Mariko to create a rich, vibrant, bittersweet chorus that celebrates their lifelong bond to one other and to their immigrant community. As Mauna Loa threatens their lives and livelihoods, it also unearths long held secrets simmering below the surface that meld past and present, revealing a path forward for them all"--

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