"Wasabi for Breakfast" reintroduces bestselling Japanese author Foumiko Kometanis uniquely humorous voice to American readers. Kometani is rare among Japanese writers and cultural commentators in that she has lived in the United States for most of her adult life, bringing an outsidersand womansperspective to both her adopted home and her native Japan. She lives her life in between cultures, and mines that gap to provide a thoroughly modern take on both societies.In "Family Business," Megumi, a long time resident of the United States, returns to Japan to visit her 87yearold mother. After so many years living abroad, Megumi is almost as befuddled by the exotic intricacies of contemporary Japan as a foreigner. When her nephew runs away from home, and her elderly mother gives chase, Megumi sets off on a road trip through modern Japanand her own past."1001 Raging Fires" chronicles a Japanese woman living in California during the Rodney King riots and struggling to come to terms with being an outcast from a society that itself seems to be selfimmolating. Yu learns the real price of exclusion is that which your own family makes you pay.

Binding: Paperback;202 pages; Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 400 g; Dimensions: 141 x 216 x 15

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