Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories by Hisaye Yamamoto [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
02 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost, Short Stories
A collection of 15 short stories from Yamamoto’s almost half-century-long writing career. Although the stories cover diverse subject matter, some of Yamamoto’s recurring themes including multicultural and multiethnic interaction, multigenerational conflicts and difficulties that...
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