<p>Hank Rivera, one-time activist and now full-time construction worker, has just been evicted from his home in Waikiki and is forced to move to the Waianae coast. While in the midst of moving, Hank and his wife, Kanani, are approached by a college student researching the early years of Hawaii's modern civil rights movement, which culminated in the rigorous protests surrounding the bombing of Kahoolawe in 1976. Hesitant at first, Hank and Kanani agree to talk about the past and their role in the movement. Vivid and sometimes painful memories surface, causing both of them to question their feelings of love and loyalty--not only for each other, but for their heritage. Through the voices of Hank, Kanani, and others, Rodney Morales tells a thoroughly contemporary story of Hawaii--one that addresses the realities of asserting one's culture in a multicultural world.</p>

When the Shark Bites

Literature & Fiction

MORALES, Rodney

Literary

University of Hawaii Press

<p>This is a special double issue of Bamboo Ridge, The Hawaiian Writer's Quarterly, issues No. 39 and 40, Summer and Fall, 1988.Short stories by Rodney Morales, who was born and raised on Oahu.</p>

The Speed of Darkness

United States

Bamboo Ridge Pr

Honolulu noir

Genre Fiction

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