| Summer of the Big Bachi Contributor(s): Hirahara, Naomi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440241545 ISBN-13: 9780440241546 Publisher: Dell OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: The Edgar Award-winning author of "Snakeskin Shamisen" introduces 69-year-old gardener and Hiroshima survivor Mas Arai. Now living in Pasadena, Mass life of sin catches up to him. The "bachi"--the spirit of retribution--is knocking on his door, forcing Mas to confront his past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Mas Arai |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 4.32" W x 7.02" (0.40 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
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| Publisher Description: In the foothills of Pasadena, Mas Arai is just another Japanese-American gardener, his lawnmower blades clean and sharp, his truck carefully tuned. But while Mas keeps lawns neatly trimmed, his own life has gone to seed. His wife is dead. And his livelihood is falling into the hands of the men he once hired by the day. For Mas, a life of sin is catching up to him. And now bachi--the spirit of retribution--is knocking on his door. It begins when a stranger comes around, asking questions about a nurseryman who once lived in Hiroshima, a man known as Joji Haneda. By the end of the summer, Joji will be dead and Mas's own life will be in danger. For while Mas was building a life on the edge of the American dream, he has kept powerful secrets: about three friends long ago, about two lives entwined, and about what really happened when the bomb fell on Hiroshima in August 1945. A spellbinding mystery played out from war-torn Japan to the rich tidewaters of L.A.'s multicultural landscape, this stunning debut novel weaves a powerful tale of family, loyalty, and the price of both survival and forgiveness. |