{"product_id":"brazil-maru","title":"Brazil-Maru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Immensely entertaining.\" —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Poignant and remarkable.\" —\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Warm, compassionate, engaging, and thought-provoking.\" —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With a subtle ominousness, Yamashita sets up her hopeful, prideful characters—and, in the process, the entire genre of pioneer lit—for a fall.\" —\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid multi-generational novel . . . rich in history and character.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParticularly insightful.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Informative and timely.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yamashita's heightened sense of passion and absurdity, and respect for inevitability and personality, infuse this engrossing multigenerational immigrant saga with energy, affection, and humor.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This enriching novel introduces Western readers to an unusual cultural experiment, and makes vivid a crucial chapter in Japanese assimilation into the West.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of an idealistic band of Japanese immigrants, who arrive in Brazil in 1925 to carve a utopia out of the jungle. 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 a new generation, all collide in this multigenerational saga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThrough the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnime Wong\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Coffee House Press. \u003ci\u003eI Hotel \u003c\/i\u003ewas selected as a finalist for the National Book Award and awarded the California Book Award, the American Book Award, the Asian\/Pacific American Librarians Association Award, and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53978192052568,"sku":null,"price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781566894845_5615602a-9260-41a4-a598-b4825015afec.jpg?v=1765299635","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/brazil-maru","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}