Lost Twain: A Novel of Hawai'i
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In 1866, Samuel L. Clemens was ???lost on the island of Maui. The journalist who would become Mark Twain suddenly ceased sending his dispatches back to California. His ???Letters resumed six weeks later without explanation. What was he doing on Maui? And why did he want it kept secret? Emily Witt, English professor from Buffalo, NY, is handed the lost notebook Clemens kept during that escapade by the mysterious Hawaiian who also introduces her to the exotic and erotic realities of Hawaii today. Before her summer research trip ends, the professor has to negotiate a future that satisfies her newly awakened self. In alternating narratives of Emilys journey and Clemenss missing weeks, this novel explores the lure of ???going native and our ???civilized resistance to it, glimpses of how Hawaiians embrace outsiders or dont. How can Emily protect the Hawaiian family whose history is entwined with Clemens and still publish the find of her career? Is it exposure or exploitation? And how does love bind Witt and Twain to Hawaii and its people?
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1432781804
ISBN13:9781432781804
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:Outskirts Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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