{"product_id":"brazil-maru-paperback","title":"Brazil-Maru - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese immigrants in Brazil build an isolated communal settlement in the rain forest, prey to the charisma of one man.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of a 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita is the author of \u003ci\u003eLetters to Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Arc of the Rain Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrazil-Maru\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTropic of Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircle K Cycles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnime Wong\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Coffee House Press. \u003ci\u003eI Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e was 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 \u0026amp; Critical Race \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies. She is currently Professor Emeritus of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423915507779,"sku":"9781566894845","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/brazil-maru-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}