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Brazil-maru

by Karen Tei Yamashita

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When the United States closed its doors to Japanese immigrants, hundreds of thousands of them made their way to the coffee plantations and the then-open spaces of Brazil. In this engrossing multigenerational novel, award-winning author Karen Tei Yamashita tells the story of one idealistic band of these immigrants, who arrive in 1925 on a ship named the Brazil-Maru and set out to carve a utopia out of the jungle. Led by the charismatic Kantaro Uno, the pioneers create a civilization built around his passions for baseball, painting, chickens, and their own socialist sentiments. They endure struggles in clearing the land, maintaining their identity, adapting to a new world, and fighting the backlash caused by World War II. Inevitably, however, the turbulent course Kantaro has set leads the community called Esperanca in a direction no one could have predicted. Told through the eyes of five characters covering three generations of Esperanca's history, Brazil-Maru explores themes that resonate with the reality of all immigrant history: 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 the appearance of a new generation.

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Fiction. Karen Tei Yamashita's eagerly anticipated second novel tells the little-known story of Brazil's huge Japanese immigrant population. This multi-generational saga relates one group's attempt to build a utopia while surviving the suspicions of World War Two, the conflict between individual freedom and community responsibility, and the dangerous allure of a charismatic leader.

About the Author

Heralded as a "big talent" by the Los Angeles Times and praised by Newsday for "[wrestling] with profound philosophical and social issues" while delivering an "immensely entertaining story," Karen Yamashita is the recipient of an American Book Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Award. A California native who has also lived in Brazil and Japan, she teaches at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where she received the Chancellor's Award for Diversity in 2009.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781566890007
Author:
Yamashita, Karen Tei
Publisher:
Coffee House Press
Location:
Minneapolis :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Japanese
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Brazil
Subject:
Japanese -- Brazil -- History -- Fiction.
Subject:
General Fiction
Series Volume:
no. 84-50146
Publication Date:
19920101
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
9.00 x 5.00 in

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"Synopsis" by , Fiction. Karen Tei Yamashita's eagerly anticipated second novel tells the little-known story of Brazil's huge Japanese immigrant population. This multi-generational saga relates one group's attempt to build a utopia while surviving the suspicions of World War Two, the conflict between individual freedom and community responsibility, and the dangerous allure of a charismatic leader.
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