Description
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together nineteen stories that span Hisaye Yamamotos forty-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States. Yamamotos themes include the cultural conflicts between the first generation, the Issei, and their children, the Nisei; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.
In addition to the contents of the original volume, this edition brings back into print the following works:
Death Rides the Rails to Poston
Eucalyptus
A Fire in Fontana
Florentine Gardens
Author: Hisaye Yamamoto
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 04/01/2001
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.57w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780813529530
Language: English
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