| Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories Revised and Exp Edition Contributor(s): Yamamoto, Hisaye (Author), Cheung, King-Kok (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0813529530 ISBN-13: 9780813529530 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: 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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00067362 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.57" W x 8.5" (0.55 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together nineteen stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States. Yamamoto's 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 |