{"product_id":"9781566894845-brazil-maru","title":"Brazil-Maru","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapanese immigrants in Brazil build an isolated communal settlement in the rain forest, prey to the charisma of one man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Immensely entertaining.\" \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Poignant and remarkable.\" \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Warm, compassionate, engaging, and thought-provoking.\" \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With a subtle ominousness, Yamashita sets up her hopeful, prideful charactersand, in the process, the entire genre of pioneer litfor a fall.\" \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid multi-generational novel . rich in history and character.\" \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticularly insightful.\" \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Informative and timely.\" \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yamashita's heightened sense of passion and absurdity, and respect for inevitability and personality, infuse this engrossing multigenerational immigrant saga with energy, affection, and humor.\" \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This enriching novel introduces Western readers to an unusual cultural experiment, and makes vivid a crucial chapter in Japanese assimilation into the West.\" \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of an idealistic band of Japanese immigrants, who arrive in Brazil in 1925 to carve a utopia out of the jungle. The dream of creating a new world, the cost of idealism, the symbiotic tie between a people and the land they settle, and the changes demanded by a new generation, all collide in this multigenerational saga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThrough the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnime Wong\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Coffee House Press. \u003ci\u003eI Hotel \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56116244644214,"sku":"9781566894845","price":13.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33586054.jpg?v=1755666104","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781566894845-brazil-maru","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}