Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories
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Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories

by Hisaye Yamamoto

1988•Drama•134 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowunsavouryheavyrealisticemotive & stirringfish out of water/culture clashsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeWeighty and realistic: an emotional novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together fifteen stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States. Yamamoto's themes include 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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalFish out of water/culture clashSocial commentaryInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

Japanese AmericansSocial life and customsConcentration campsConcentration camp inmatesEvacuation and relocation, 1942-1945United states, social life and customsWomenForced removal and internment, 1942-1945

Details

Author
Hisaye Yamamoto
Published
1988
Pages
134
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