Hailed by critics and writers as powerful, important fiction, Monkey Bridge charts the unmapped territory of the Vietnamese American experience in the aftermath of war. Like navigating a monkey bridge?a bridge, built of spindly bamboo, used by peasants for centuries?the narrative traverses perilousl ...
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A collection of essays portraying the changes brought to life in contemporary Asia by the introduction of modern marketing techniques. The authors pay particular attention to the influence of McDonald's restaurants on habits of dining and public behavior in the Far East.
A trip on the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China, that is more than a travel narrative; Simon Winchester's long fascination not only with China's landscape but with its people comes through clearly.
Jane, a struggling filmmaker, is producing a piece sponsored by the American meat exporting business, while Akiko's child-craving husband is pressuring her to put some meat on her bones--literally.
Ever since Toshi saw Audrey Hepburn in ROMAN HOLIDAY at the age of nine, he has been obsessed with Americans. As he grows up and his involvement with various English-speaking men and women increases, he begins to examine Japan's guilt in the war.
When a lonely, middle-aged Japanese-Canadian woman is implicated in the murder of a beautiful young girl in a small Ontario suburb, the whole community is forced to come to terms with its dark past. A first novel.