East Wind, Rain
by Caroline Paul
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Since 1915 the tiny Hawaiian island of Niihau has been almost entirely closed off to the outside world. This isolation was ruptured in 1941 when a Japanese pilot, on his return from the attack on Pearl Harbor, crash-landed, and was captured by the islanders. Using this historical oddity as a jumping-off point for a novel, Caroline Paul has ingeniously recreated the unlikely events, and vividly depicted the strange and tragic conclusion. In particular, she shows the torn loyalties of the island's three Japanese-American occupants. In doing so, Paul turns a peculiar footnote in history into a marvelous work of fiction.
Editions of East Wind, Rain
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher William Morrow & Co |
Date 2006 |
Price $1.00 |
 Fine |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Perennial |
Date 2007 |
Price $1.00 |
Very good |
Publisher Notes
When an unidentified plane crashes on the remote Hawaiian island of Niihau, in December 1941, the islanders do not realize that the aircraft is a Japanese Zero and that the surviving pilot has just taken part in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but his arrival forces a Japanese-American couple living on the island to question their own loyalties. A first novel. By the author of
Media Reviews
"[The] records of the Niihau episode are spotty and contradictory....It is a testament to [Caroline Paul's] ability as a writer that the novel's most captivating creation, Niihau itself, is the pure product of her imagination. When it's over, we don't want to leave."
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