Yokohama, California bookcover

Yokohama, California

Toshio Mori 

(Author)

William Saroyan 

(Introduction by)

Xiaojing Zhou 

(Introduction by)
4.9/5.0
21,000+ Reviews
Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world

Description

Yokohama, California, originally released in 1949, is the first published collection of short stories by a Japanese American. Set in a fictional community, these linked stories are alive with the people, gossip, humor, and legends of Japanese America in the 1930s and 1940s.

Replaces ISBN 9780295961675

Product Details

PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
Publish DateApril 01, 2015
Pages176
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780295994741
Dimensions8.5 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches | 0.5 pounds

About the Author

Toshio Mori was the author of Yokohama, California (1949), Woman From Hiroshima (1978), and The Chauvanist and Other Stories (1979). He was the first Japanese American writer to publish a book of short stories in the United States, and his writing career spanned the formative decades surrounding World War II.
Lawson Fusao Inada has published several books of poetry, including Legends from Camp (1994), which won an American Book Award. He was also named Oregon's fifth poet Laureate in 2006.

Reviews

"A unique record of Japanese American life in Northern California in the decades just before World War II."

-- "Exploration in Sights and Sounds"

"Mori is unafraid to let the humanity of his characters and himself shine through bravely."

-- "Oakland Tribune"

"Mori's superbly structured short stories are . . . tender, evocative episodes of growing up as a Japanese American prior to World War II."

-- "San Francisco Chronicle"

"Originally published in 1949, these twenty-two stories present subtle glimpses into the lives of Japanese-Americans in their neighborhood in Oakland, California, aka 'Yokohama.' Mori has a delicate touch, and the stories have more than a passing resemblance to Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio (1919)."

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

Earn by promoting books

Earn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.sign up to affiliate program link
Become an affiliate