Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

De: Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Narrado por: Michelle Sekine

Duración: 6 h y 34 m

Resumen del Editor

From major new storytelling talent Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, a blazing, bodily, raucous journey through contemporary Hawaiian identity and womanhood.

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's wrenching and sensational debut story collection follows a cast of mixed native Hawaiian and Japanese women through a contemporary landscape thick with inherited wisdom and the ghosts of colonization. This is a Hawai'i where unruly sexuality and generational memory overflow the postcard image of paradise and the boundaries of the real, where the superstitions born of the islands take on the weight of truth.

A childhood encounter with a wild pua'a (pig) on the haunted Pali highway portends one young woman's fraught relationship with her pregnant body. An elderly widow begins seeing her deceased lover in a giant flower. A kanaka writer, mid-manuscript, feels her raw pages quaking and knocking in the briefcase.

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare is both a fierce love letter to Hawaiian identity and mythology, and a searing dispatch from an occupied territory threatening to erupt with violent secrets.

©2023 Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Throbs with searing talent." (Kali Fajardo-Anstine)

"A stunning debut." (Laura van den Berg)

"As exquisite as it is terrifying." (Jenny Tinghui Zhang)

Great works of speculative fiction

Kakimoto writes a unique set of haunting tales woven in folklore and mythology. This is a very engaging and interesting read!

Amazing Novel

Megan’s writing is blunt and honest. It forces the reader to look at femininity in its entirety. Offering us a glimpse into what inhabiting a female body is like. Each short story moves the reader along, ushering in a new stage of womanhood with vibrant mythic making and stunning language. A must read.

a fierce short story collection

I recently became interested in the Hawaiian culture because my community offers a Hula dance class. My beloved teacher, a beautiful Hawaiian woman who loves her culture, educates us on the history of hula and the Hawaiian culture. I look forward to my 1 hour a week, in which I learn about a fascinating culture while exercising! Win win.

“Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare” is a short story collection encompassing women’s issues along with Hawaiian folk tale, fairy tales, superstitions, and of course, Elvis.

I chose the audio version because I wanted to be immersed in the culture by hearing Hawaiian vernacular, including pidgin Hawaiian. I enjoyed listening to narrator Michelle Sekine voicing the collection which vary from Kauai residents displaced by U.S. military bombing drills, the psychological cost of a Brazilian waxing, to a hotel that offers fertility enhancements. The stories are unsettling. Some I didn’t really understand but enjoyed listening to Sekine’s voice.

After the devastating fires in Lahanina occupied my news feeds, these stories hold a particular importance to me. My indigenous Hawaiian friend, Debbie, sparked my interest in Hawaii. This short story collection cemented my fascination.

Weird

The Hawaiian history is great but it seems weirdly written about a bisexual 12 year old. Very awkward and not what I was expecting. Sometimes I wish audible would refund audiobooks.