Blue Skin of the Sea: A Novel in Stories - Hardcover

Salisbury, Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385305966 ISBN 13: 9780385305969

Publisher: Doubleday, 1992

Synopsis

Eleven interconnected stories capture a world of exotic beauty, danger, family love, and tragedy as Sonny Mendoza and his cousin, Keo, grow up in a Hawaiian fishing village.

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Review:

Eleven interlinked stories tell the tale of Sonny Mendoza--a boy coming of age in a Hawaiian fishing village. Sonny is a little different from the rest of the men in his family--not as brave, perhaps too sensitive. What do you do if your biggest fear surrounds you? Indeed, what if that which you fear brings life (and death) to those you love? It's the sea itself that fills Sonny with dread. In wrestling with its powerful force, though, he just might reach the doorway to adulthood. Graham Salisbury's luscious, well-crafted prose will haunt and delight the mind long after the last page is turned.

From the Publisher:

Eleven luminous stories follow Sonny Mendoza and his cousin Keo, young men who grow up in a Hawaiian fishing village, a world of dazzling beauty, powerful family ties, and vivid characters.

Mendoza men are brave, but Sonny's courage is different. Why can't he love the water as men of his family are meant to?

Graham Salisbury reveals the humor of family life and the treasures of Sonny's magical world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0385305966
• ISBN 13: 9780385305969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215