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'Seventeen Syllables'
Hisaye Yamamoto
Edited by King-Kok Cheung
Rutgers University Press
Hisaye Yamamoto's often reprinted tale of a naive American daughter and her Japanese mother captures the essence the cultural and generational conflicts so common among immigrants and their American-born children. On the surface, "Seventeen Syllables" is the story of Rosie and her preoccupation with adolescent life. Between the lines, however, lurks the tragedy of her mother, who is trapped in a marriage of desperation. Tome's deep absorption in writing haiku causes a rift with her husband, which escalates to a tragic event that changes Rosie's life forever.
- Copyright year: 1994
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories
By Hisaye Yamamoto; Introduction by King-Kok Cheung
Rutgers University Press
Nineteen stories spanning Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career cover themes including 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.
- Copyright year: 2001
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