The Ricepaper Airplane
Title
The Ricepaper Airplane
Subject
Hawaii Korean Americans
Description
From a hospital bed a dying man unfolds the tale of an arduous life on the fringes of a Hawai'i sugar plantation in the 1920s. There Kim Sung Wha -- laborer, patriot, revolutionary, aviator -- envisioned building an airplane from ricepaper, bamboo, and the scrap parts of a broken-down bicycle, an airplane that would carry him back to his Korean homeland and to his wife and children. From the start Sung Wha's dream is destined to fail, but this work is the story of a man who dares to life past the wreckage of shattered visions.
Creator
Pak, Gary
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Date
1998
Type
PS3566.A39 R53
Identifier
2003.500.4524