Thank You Honolulu Magazine For Naming The Charm Buyers One Of 29 Must-Read Local Books You Won’t Want

Agnes Martin, Falling Blue, 1963; painting; oil and graphite on canvas. (via SFMOMA | Explore Modern Art | Our Collection | Agnes Martin | Falling Blue)

Koi in Winter

University of Hawai’i Press (2017)

The Charm Buyers describes extraordinary beauty and turbulent change: Tahiti during the last years of nuclear testing in the Pacific.

“The Charm Buyers isn’t just a book, it’s a world―full of the complexity and beauty of life, masterfully created. Reading this felt like diving into a reality both eerily familiar and yet artistically brand new. Lillian Howan’s talent is rare, refreshing, and casts a spell from page one.” —Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Pym

“The Charm Buyers is a thought-provoking insight into a time of cultural change. It captures an essence of existing between reality and surreality, dreaming and wakefulness, the past and the future.” —Foreword Reviews

https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-charm-buyers/

Toau

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?

dinosaurs

Arutua

photo: Françoise Holozet-Howan