Da Word
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0910043612
ISBN 13
9780910043618
Category
Hawaii
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
139
Description
"In Da Word, Lee Tonouchi takes da kalakoa, comftable dialeck of pidgin and tells stories dat going make you buss laff, choke cry and nod yo head in a 'das' how it is' kine way. Tonouchi's charactas are ja-like our neighbors, our relatives, our bess frenz from school-time, and he finds da troot' and beauty in dose kine lives, our kine lives. Hod fo write stuff das' familiar and totally original at da same time, you know. I found myself reading 'em, saying ova' and ova', 'Fricken Tonouchi, he get 'em!'"--From back cover.
Number of Copies
1
