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Wasabi for breakfast : two novellas / Foumiko Kometani ; translated by Mary Goebel Noguchi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Japanese literature seriesPublication details: London : Dalkey Archive Press, c 1998.Edition: First editionDescription: 202 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781564788641 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Novellas. Selections. English
Contained works:
  • Kometani, Fumiko, 1930- Famir�i bijinesu. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895.635 23
Contents:
Family business -- 1001 fires raging.
Summary: "In Family Business, Megumi, a long time resident of the United States, returns to Japan to visit her 87-year-old mother. After so many years living abroad, Megumi is almost as befuddled by the exotic intricacies of contemporary Japan as a foreigner. When her nephew runs away from home, and her elderly mother gives chase, Megumi sets off on a road trip through modern Japan--and her own past."--Publisher's website.Summary: "1001 Raging Fires chronicles a Japanese woman living in California during the Rodney King riots and struggling to come to terms with being an outcast from a society that itself seems to be self-immolating. Yu learns the real price of exclusion is that which your own family makes you pay."--Publisher's website.
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"Originally published in Japanese as Family Business by Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1998"--Title page verso.

Family business -- 1001 fires raging.

"In Family Business, Megumi, a long time resident of the United States, returns to Japan to visit her 87-year-old mother. After so many years living abroad, Megumi is almost as befuddled by the exotic intricacies of contemporary Japan as a foreigner. When her nephew runs away from home, and her elderly mother gives chase, Megumi sets off on a road trip through modern Japan--and her own past."--Publisher's website.

"1001 Raging Fires chronicles a Japanese woman living in California during the Rodney King riots and struggling to come to terms with being an outcast from a society that itself seems to be self-immolating. Yu learns the real price of exclusion is that which your own family makes you pay."--Publisher's website.

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