- Title:
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Sharks in the Time of Saviours
- Written by:
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Kawai Strong Washburn
- Read by:
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Kaleo Griffith; Tui Asau; GK Bowen; Jolene Kim
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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9
- Duration:
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10 hours 38 minutes
- Published:
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April 02 2020
- Available Date:
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April 02 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655659747
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Canongate audio
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Debut novel
Sharks in the Time of Saviors is a groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawai’ian gods into an engrossing family saga; a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation from Kawai Strong Washburn.
'The next time I went for air you were at the surface, sideways, prone and ragdolling in the mouth of a shark. But the shark was holding you gently, do you understand? It was holding you like you were made of glass, like you were its child.'
In 1995 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores is saved from drowning by a shiver of sharks. His family, struggling to make ends meet amidst the collapse of the sugar cane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favour from ancient Hawaiian gods. But as time passes, this hope gives way to economic realities, forcing Nainoa and his siblings to seek salvation across the continental United States, leaving behind home and family.
With stunning physical detail and a profound command of language, Washburn’s powerful debut examines what it means to be both of a place and a stranger in it.
'The [story] you never knew you were waiting for. Old myths clash with new realities, love is in a ride or die with grief, faith rubs hard against magic, and comic flips with tragic so much they meld into something new. All told with daredevil lyricism to burn. A ferocious debut.'
Marlon James
' I didn’t want it to end.'
Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall