A novel by Karen Tei Yamashita, with an introduction by Percival Everett
September 5, 2017 6 x 9 272 pages 978-1-56689-485-2
A freewheeling black comedy bound up in cultural confusion, political insanity, and environmental catastrophe.
A Japanese man with a ball floating six inches in front of his head, an American ceo with three arms, and a Brazilian peasant who discovers the art of healing by tickling ones earlobe rise to the heights of wealth and fame before arriving at disastersboth personal and ecologicalthat destroy the rain forest and all the birds of Brazil.
About the Author
Karen Tei Yamashita is the author ofLetters to Memory,Through the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel,andAnime Wong,all published by Coffee House Press.I Hotelwas 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. She has been a US Artists Ford Foundation Fellow and co-holder of the University of California Presidential Chair for Feminist & Critical Race & Ethnic Studies. She is currently Professor Emeritus of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz.