Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. Revised and Updated with four new stories.
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813529530 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.. Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together fifteen stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States
From Publishers Weekly Imbued with the serenity of authority, these stories ably conduct the reader through the Japanese experience in America, from the oil fields of Redondo Beach to the internment camps of WW II, through the lives of young and old as they confront American customs, manners and culture. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Yamamoto's stories also depict the stained relationships between Japanese immigrants and the nisei (American-born Japanese). . Yet the author does not confine herself to ethnic issues. Yamamoto, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, makes a welcome American debut. The inexplicable tragedies of everyday lifean inconsolable mourner, a desertion by a friend, the endless quest for an illusory prosperity
"Stories of Asian-American life" according to Michael J. Mazza. "Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories," by Hisaye Yamamoto, was first published in 1988. The revised and expanded edition adds Stories of Asian-American life Michael J. Mazza "Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories," by Hisaye Yamamoto, was first published in 1988. The revised and expanded edition adds 4 more stories, for a total of 19. Yamamoto was born in 1921 in California to parents who were immigrants from Japan, and hers is one of the most remarkable voices in 20th century United States literature. These stories originally were written or published between 1942 and 1995, and thus represent many decades of Yamamoto's literary career.Her style is a blend of delicacy and determined p. more stories, for a total of 19. Yamamoto was born in 1921 in California to parents who were immigrants from Japan, and hers is one of the most remarkable voices in 20th century United States literature. These stories originally were written or published between 19Stories of Asian-American life Michael J. Mazza "Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories," by Hisaye Yamamoto, was first published in 1988. The revised and expanded edition adds 4 more stories, for a total of 19. Yamamoto was born in 1921 in California to parents who were immigrants from Japan, and hers is one of the most remarkable voices in 20th century United States literature. These stories originally were written or published between 1942 and 1995, and thus represent many decades of Yamamoto's literary career.Her style is a blend of delicacy and determined p. 2 and 1995, and thus represent many decades of Yamamoto's literary career.Her style is a blend of delicacy and determined p. David Bonesteel said A valuable document of the Japanese American experience. Hisaye Yamamoto was not a prolific writer, but her output of fine short stories spans decades. Central themes include assimilation and the loss of traditional cultural values, troubled marraiges, and, of course, the shameful internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. As a writer who was raised in the culture and who originally published many of these stories in Japanese American publications for a largely Japanese American audience, she produces uniquely authentic accounts of a lifestyle that has largely disapp. "Gem-like stories" according to April Wilson. These stories are beautiful, sensitive, thoughtful, and occasionally painful in their depiction of the condition, not only of Japanese- Americans, but of anyone who lives slightly off the beaten track. She writes with kindness, humor, and insight. I especially liked "The Legend of Miss Sassasagawara" and "Wilshire Bus," as well as the interview with her. Her stories remind me of Faulkner's and Flannery O'Connor's. If she had written more, I am certain she would have been better known.