{"product_id":"circle-k-cycles-9781566891080","title":"Circle K Cycles","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"Yamashita is so tuned into now, she can see tomorrow.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eTropic of Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThrough the Arc of the Rainforest\u003c\/i\u003e progresses toward an apocalyptic resolution that spreads out like a Bosch triptych reproduced by Gauguin. In this, her first novel, Ms. Yamashita presents a critique of human waste and stupidity that is fluid and poetic as well as terrifying.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamashita's innovative melding of fiction and essay explores issues such as labor, nationalism, and cultural diaspora. When the grandchildren of Japanese immigrants to Brazil move to Japan to assume the manual work native Japanese people no longer want, their need for cultural belonging, their homesickness for details of their birthplace, clash with the status quo. This book of hybrids--merging collage with text, story with history--opens a door onto one of the important issues of the new century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamashita has a powerful story to tell about a community that is globally extensive and the freedom--physical and emotional--implied by that new geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the American Book Award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Award. She is an assistant professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California in Santa Cruz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566891080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.75h x 9.09w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2001 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2001 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Karen Tei Yamashita","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659990626460,"sku":"9781566891080","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5bcd1f68-fefc-4ec3-b60a-bb0da819da7a.jpg?v=1603895884","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/circle-k-cycles-9781566891080","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}