'Seventeen Syllables' - Hisaye Yamamoto (Paperback)

Hisaye Yamamoto's often-reprinted tale of a naive American daughter and her Japanese mother captures the essence of 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. 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. This casebook includes an introductin 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.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Women Writers: Texts and Contexts
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	April 1994
Editors:	King-Kok Cheung
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-8135-2053-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-8135-2053-3
Barcode:	9780813520537

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