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Experience the powerful narrative of 'Scintillations' by acclaimed author Karen Tei Yamashita. This remarkable literary fiction dives into the profound themes of Japanese internment, utilizing a blend of archival materials and creative epistolary conversations. With praise from prestigious sources like NPR, The New York Times, and Publishers Weekly, this book is both captivating and intellectually stimulating. It explores complex themes such as civil rights, forgiveness, and community through the lens of a familial journey. 'Scintillations' invites readers to ponder deep issues of Orientalism and cultural identity. This trade paperback, published in 2017 by Coffee House Press, is a must-have for those who appreciate innovative storytelling and literary artistry. Conveniently delivered free of charge, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Note that once your order is confirmed, it cannot be canceled. Immerse yourself in this evocative work and enrich your literary collection with a text that resonates on multiple levels.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781566894876
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Description:
Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita:
"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." —NPR
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review
With delightful plays of voice and structure, this is literary fiction at an adventurous, experimental high point." —Kirkus
"Magnificent. . . . Intriguing." —Library Journal
"This powerful, deeply felt, and impeccably researched fiction is irresistibly evocative." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Scintillations is an excursion through the Japanese internment using archival materials from the Yamashita family as well as a series of epistolary conversations with composite characters representing a range of academic specialties. Historians, anthropologists, classicists—their disciplines, and Yamashita's engagement with them, are a way for her explore various aspects of the internment and to expand its meaning beyond her family, and our borders, to ideas of debt, forgiveness, civil rights, Orientalism, and community.
Karen Tei Yamashita is the author of Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel, and Anime Wong, all published by Coffee House Press. I Hotel was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award and awarded the California Book Award, the American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award, and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781566894876
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2017
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Description:
Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita:
"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." —NPR
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review
With delightful plays of voice and structure, this is literary fiction at an adventurous, experimental high point." —Kirkus
"Magnificent. . . . Intriguing." —Library Journal
"This powerful, deeply felt, and impeccably researched fiction is irresistibly evocative." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Scintillations is an excursion through the Japanese internment using archival materials from the Yamashita family as well as a series of epistolary conversations with composite characters representing a range of academic specialties. Historians, anthropologists, classicists—their disciplines, and Yamashita's engagement with them, are a way for her explore various aspects of the internment and to expand its meaning beyond her family, and our borders, to ideas of debt, forgiveness, civil rights, Orientalism, and community.
Karen Tei Yamashita is the author of Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel, and Anime Wong, all published by Coffee House Press. I Hotel was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award and awarded the California Book Award, the American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award, and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award.