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Koi in Winter

Takaroa

Tuamotu Islands

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

View from Point Venus

in memory of Yin Chong Roger Howan, my father

Tiare Tahiti

Kauehi

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

Spring Fog

Coconut, Island of Kauehi

photo: Francoise Holozet-Howan

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/