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East Is East Paperback - 1991
by T. C. Boyle
A young Japanese seaman jumps ship off the coast of Georgia and washes ashore on a barrier island inhabited by a strange mix of rednecks, descendents of slaves, genteel retired people, and a colony of artists. The result is a sexy, savagely hilarious tragicomedy of thwarted expectations, mistaken identity, love, jealousy and betrayal. "An absolutely stunning work, full of brilliant cross-cultural insights".--The New York Times Book Review.
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Young Japanese seaman Hiro Tanaka, inspired by dreams of the City of Brotherly Love and trained in the ways of the samurai, jumps ship off the coast of Georgia and swims into a net of rabid rednecks, genteel ladies, descendants of slaves, and the denizens of an artists' colony. In the hands of T. Coraghessan Boyle, praised by Digby Diehl in Playboy as "one of the most exciting young fiction writers in America," the result is a sexy, hilarious tragicomedy of thwarted expectations and mistaken identity, love, jealousy, and betrayal.
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HE WAS SWIMMING, ROTATING FROM FRONT TO BACK, THRASHING his arms and legs and puffing out his cheeks, and it seemed as if he'd been swimming forever.
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- Title East Is East
- Author T. C. Boyle
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date August 1, 1991
- ISBN 9780140131673 / 0140131671
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.05 x 0.72 in (19.69 x 12.83 x 1.83 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Japanese - Travel - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89040804
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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