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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories</i> 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. <p/> In addition to the contents of the original volume, this edition brings back into print the following works: <br> - Death Rides the Rails to Poston<br> - Eucalyptus<br> - A Fire in Fontana<br> - Florentine Gardens<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>These remarkable stories are written with the proportion and craft of the mastersùthere are hints of Chekhov, Elizabeth Bowen, Katherine Mansfield, and Grace Paley. . . . Each of the fifteen short stories, written with the economy of haiku, is a treasure.-- "Booklist"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>HISAYE YAMAMOTO received the 1986 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Before Columbus Foundation. <i>Seventeen Syllables</i> received the 1988 Award for Literature from the Association for Asian American Studies.

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