United States, Literary, Canadian fiction, Canada, Asians 

 

"Hiromi Goto?s debut novel has become a Canadian classic. The winner of the 1995 Commonwealth Writers? Prize for Best First Book Canada and Caribbean Region and co-winner of the Canada-Japan Book Award, it is a powerful narrative of three generations of Japanese Canadian women on the Canadian prairies. Funny, scandalous, and melancholic all at once, this superlative narrative is filled with echoes and retellings, memories and Japanese folk tales. From The Tale of Genji to the Calgary Stampede, from the sharing of recipes to hitchhiking the Trans-Canada highway, it weaves a story that slides between histories, countries and desire. It is a timeless exploration of immigration and belonging. This twentieth anniversary reprinting of the landmark novel includes an Afterword by Larissa Lai (When Fox is a Thousand, Salt Fish Girl) and an interview with the author."  

Synopsis
Chorus of Mushrooms heralds the debut of a young Japanese Canadian feminist Hiromi Goto Until the publication of Chorus of Mushrooms in 1994 the primary voice heard from Japanese Canadians was that of the people interned during World War II Hiromi Goto examines the immigration experience of the Japanese Canadian beyond war and into present day Alberta Celebrating cultural differences as a privilege Chorus of Mushrooms explores the shifts and collisions of culture through the lives of three generations of women in a Japanese family living in a small prairie town 

Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Hiromi Goto

ISBN: 0920897533 9780920897539
OCLC Number: 31239611
Description: 222 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Title: Nunatak fiction.
Responsibility: Hiromi Goto.