Hawaii Aloha

Assouline - EAN : 9781649807649

WOGAN JOHN

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EAN : 9781649807649

Paru le : 6 oct. 2026

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Détails

EAN13 : 9781649807649
Collection : CLASSICS
Editeur : Assouline
Date Parution : 6 oct. 2026
Disponibilite : Disponible
Barème de remise : NS
Nombre de pages : 304
Format : H:330 mm L:250 mm E:40 mm
Poids : 2.9kg
Interdit de retour : Retour interdit

Résumé

Résumé : Paradise is an archipelago, isolated in the middle of the Pacific. Volcanic peaks pierce the clouds. Turquoise waves roll toward black-sand shores. Lava flows, steam rising as fire meets ocean. Yet Hawai‘i’s beauty is only the surface. Beneath it lies something deeper: sacred ground shaped by Polynesian voyagers. They brought language, tradition, and a profound connection to ‘āina, the land that sustains all life. To see Hawai‘i only through its postcard perfection is to miss its soul.

Each island carries its own character. Oahu pulses with urban energy in Honolulu. Maui’s Road to Hana winds through rainforest waterfalls and hidden beaches. Kaua‘i’s Na Pali Coast stands untouched, dramatic, humbling. The Big Island holds Kīlauea’s active crater and Mauna Kea’s snow-dusted summit, extremes that shouldn’t coexist. Moloka‘i and Lana’i whisper of an authentic old Hawai‘i. Surf culture was born here, not as sport but as spiritual practice. Aloha is not just greeting but philosophy: love, compassion, breath shared between people and place.

Hawaiian culture thrives beyond resort walls. Traditional hula tells ancestral stories through movement. Local plates mix kalua pork with Portuguese sweet bread, Japanese mochi with Spam musubi, a delicious collision of histories. Artists carve koa wood and weave lauhala. Musicians blend slack-key guitar with contemporary sounds. Hawaii Aloha invites you beneath the surface, past the lei and luau, into the islands’ true heart, where respect for the past guides the present, where nature commands reverence, and where the spirit of aloha endures.
Biographie : John Wogan is a design, travel, and culture writer and editor who has held positions at publications such as Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler. He is currently a contributing writer at T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Born in Hawai’i and raised in both Honolulu and the San Francisco Bay Area, he currently lives between New York City and California.