{"product_id":"through-the-arc-of-the-rain-forest-9781566894852","title":"Through the Arc of the Rain Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003eFluid and poetic as well as terrifying. --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDazzling . . . a seamless mixture of magic realism, satire and futuristic fiction. --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpressive . . . a flight of fancy through a dreamlike Brazil. --\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurreal and misty, sweeping from one high-voltage scene to another. --\u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmuses and frightens at the same time. --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncisive and funny, this book yanks our chains and makes us see the absurdity that rules our world. --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansive and ambitious . . . incredible and complicated. --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis satiric morality play about the destruction of the Amazon rain forest unfolds with a diversity and fecundity equal to its setting. . . . Yamashita seems to have thrown into the pot everything she knows and most that she can imagine--all to good effect. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 one's earlobe, rise to the heights of wealth and fame, before arriving at disasters--both personal and ecological--that destroy the rain forest and all the birds of Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThrough the Arc of the Rain Forest, Brazil-Maru, Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, I Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnime Wong\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Coffee House Press. \u003ci\u003eI Hotel \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-377063\"\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566894852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566894859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC054000\"\u003eAsian American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaren Tei Yamashita: Karen Tei Yamashita is the author of \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 of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699324293357,"sku":"9781566894852","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_75c233c2-7056-436b-b4bc-60324b7a1324.jpg?v=1649915673","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/through-the-arc-of-the-rain-forest-9781566894852","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}