Seventeen syllables and other stories

Author(s)

• Yamamoto, Hisaye
• Cheung, King-Kok

Bibliographic Information

Seventeen syllables and other stories

Hisaye Yamamoto ; with an introduction by King-Kok Cheung

Rutgers University Press, c1998

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-134)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of 15 stories of Japanese-American life by Hisaye Yamamoto spans her 40-year career. Themes include: the cultural conflict between the first generation and their children; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.

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Details

• NCID: BA4008176X
• ISBN:
  • 0813526078
• LCCN: 98024836
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Brunswick, N. J.
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 134 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3575.A43
  • DC21 : 813/.54
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
  • LCSH : Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs -- Fiction