{"product_id":"seventeen-syllables-hisaye-yamamoto-paperback-softback-9780813520537","title":"'Seventeen Syllables'; Hisaye Yamamoto (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813520537","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e'Seventeen Syllables'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHisaye Yamamoto\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKing-Kok Cheung (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813520537\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHisaye 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yamamoto's disarming style matches the verbal economy of haiku, in which all meaning is contained within seventeen syllables. Her deft characterizations and her delineations of sexuality create a haunting story of a young girl's transformation from innocence to adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This casebook includes an introduction and an essay by the editor, an interview with the author, a chronology, authoritative texts of \"Seventeen Syllables\" (1949) and \"Yoneko's Earthquake\" (1951), critical essays, and a bibliography. The contributors are Charles L. Crow, Donald C. Goellnicht, Elaine H. Kim, Dorothy Ritsuko McDonald, Zenobia Baxter Mistri, Katharine Newman, Robert M. Payne, Robert T. Rolf, and Stan Yogi.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction - King-Kok Cheung\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Seventeen Syllables - Hisaye Yamamoto\u003cbr\u003e Yoneko's Earthquake - Hisaye Yamamoto\u003cbr\u003e Background to the Stories:\u003cbr\u003e Writing - Hisaye Yamamoto\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003e...I Still Carry It Around\"\u003cbr\u003e - Hisaye Yamamoto\u003cbr\u003e Interview with Hisaye Yamamoto - King-Kok Cheung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Critical Essays:\u003cbr\u003e The Short Stories of Hisaye Yamamoto, Japanese American Writer - Robert T. Rolf\u003cbr\u003e Hisaye Yamamoto: A Woman's View - Elaine H. Kim\u003cbr\u003e The Issei Father in the Fiction of Hisaye Yamamoto - Charles L. Crow\u003cbr\u003e Relocation and Dislocation: The Writings of Hisaye Yamamoto and Wakako Yamauchi - Dorothy Ritsuko McDonald and Katharine Newman\u003cbr\u003e Legacies Revealed: Uncovering Buried Plots in the Stories of Hisaye Yamamoto - Stan Yogi\u003cbr\u003e Double-Telling: Intertextual Silence in Hisaye Yamamoto's Fiction - King-Kok Cheung\u003cbr\u003e Transplanted Discourse in Yamamoto's \"\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen Syllables\"\u003cbr\u003e - Donald C. Goellnicht\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen Syllables\"\u003cbr\u003e: A Symbolic Haiku - Zenobia Baxter Mistri\u003cbr\u003e Adapting to the Margins: Hot Summer Winds and the Stories of Hisaye Yamamoto - Robert M. Payne\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Permissions\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52742492684568,"sku":"9780813520537","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/seventeen-syllables-hisaye-yamamoto-paperback-softback-9780813520537","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}