House of Many Gods: A Novel

House of Many Gods: A Novel

From Kiana Davenport, the bestselling author of Song of the Exile and Shark Dialogues, comes another mesmerizing novel about her people and her islands. Told in spellbinding and mythic prose, House of Many Gods is a deeply complex and provocative love story set against the background of Hawaii and Russia. Interwoven throughout with the indelible portrait of a native Hawaiian family struggling against poverty, drug wars, and the increasing military occupation of their sacred lands.

Progressing from the 1960s to the turbulent present, the novel begins on the island of Oâ€™ahu and centers on Ana, abandoned by her mother as a child. Raised by her extended family on the â€œlawlessâ€ Waiâ€™anae coast, west of Honolulu, Ana, against all odds, becomes a physician. While tending victims of Hurricane â€˜Iniki on the neighboring island of Kauaâ€™i, she meets Nikolai, a Russian filmmaker with a violent and tragic past, who can confront reality only through his unique prism of lies. Yet he is dedicated to recording the ecological horrors in his motherland and across the Pacific.

As their lives slowly and inextricably intertwine, Ana and Nikolaiâ€™s story becomes an odyssey that spans decades and sweeps the reader from rural Hawaii to the forbidding Arctic wastes of Russia; from the poverty-stricken Waiâ€™anae coast to the glittering harshness of â€œnew Moscowâ€ and the haunting, faded beauty of St. Petersburg. With stunning narrative inventiveness, Davenport has created a timeless epic of loss and remembrance, of the search for family and identity, and, ultimately, of the redemptive power of love.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Brand	BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	0345481518_used
Color	Multicolor
IsAdultProduct
Height	7.99211
Length	5.19684
Weight	0.63713593718
Width	0.70866
ReleaseDate	2007-06-26
NumberOfItems	1

House of Many Gods: A Novel

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