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. 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

Literature & Fiction

Yamamoto, Hisaye

United States

Rutgers University Press

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

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. Revised and Updated with four new stories.

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. 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.

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15 stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's 40 year career

Essays & Correspondence

Kitchen Table/Women of Color

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Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories. Revised and Updated with four new stories.

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories