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Hideo Levy A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard : a Novel in Three Parts
- Publication Name
- A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard
- Title
- A Room Where The Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard
- Subtitle
- A Novel in Three Parts
- Translator
- Christopher Scott
- Contributor
- Christopher Scott (Translated by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0231157444
- EAN
- 9780231157445
- ISBN
- 9780231157445
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Fiction
- Release Date
- 19/07/2011
- Release Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Item Length
- 0.9in
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Topic
- Asian / General, Asian / Japanese, Literary, Biographical
- Item Width
- 0.7in
- Item Weight
- 10.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Set against the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard tells the story of Ben Isaac, a blond-haired, blue-eyed American youth living with his father at the American consulate in Yokohama. Chafing against his father's strict authority and the trappings of an America culture that has grown increasingly remote, Ben flees home to live with Ando, his Japanese friend. Refusing to speak English with Ben, Ando shows the young American the way to Shinjuku, the epicenter of Japan's countercultural movement and the closest Ben has ever felt to home. From the vantage point of a privileged and alienated "outsider" ( gaijin ), Levy's narrative, which echoes events in his own life, beautifully captures a heady, eventful moment in Japanese history. It also richly renders the universal struggle to grasp the full contours of one's identity. Wandering the streets of Shinjuku, Ben can barely decipher the signs around him or make sense of the sounds reaching his ears. Eventually, the symbols and sensations take root, and he becomes one with Japanese language and culture. Through his explorations, Ben breaks free from English and the constraints of being a gaijin . Levy's coming-of-age novel is an eloquent elegy to a lost time.
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231157444
ISBN-13
9780231157445
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102907256
Product Key Features
Book Title
Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard : a Novel in Three Parts
Original Language
Japanese
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Asian / General, Asian / Japanese, Literary, Biographical
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Literary Criticism, Fiction
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.7in
Item Weight
10.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
3 Pts.
Lc Classification Number
Ps3562.E927177s4513
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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Discovering this book is like meeting a fascinating person. Never before and never since have I encountered such a magical book. As a freshly peeled fruit, the language's flavor is raw and alive: ripe with intellect and replete with seeds. Seventeen-year-old Ben Isaac escapes from the confines of the American consulate in Yokohama where his father works and slips into the urban jungle of civilization called Tokyo. The characters written on the signs around him-some readable, some not-shine with a mysterious appeal for Ben, luring him into the city. The deeper he goes, the narrower the rooms and alleyways become, in inverse proportion to the world of the protagonist's memories, which come alive and spread outward to China, America, and the past his parents' generation lived through. Full of intense longing and pointed social critique, this is a tale that crosses many borders., A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard opens up a new frontier in contemporary Japanese exophonic literature for readers in the West. It demystifies the linkage, dear to the Japanese, of a nation to its language. Levy Hideo's moving exploration of the multilingual, transcultural experiences of the young Ben tells the timeless tale of a boy coming of age in the context of a globalizing world, in which boundaries of language, nationality, and home are blurred., Discovering this book is like meeting a fascinating person. Never before and never since have I encountered such a magical book. As a freshly peeled fruit, the language's flavor is raw and alive: ripe with intellect and replete with seeds. Seventeen-year-old Ben Isaac escapes from the confines of the American consulate in Yokohama where his father works and slips into the urban jungle of civilization called Tokyo. The characters written on the signs around him—some readable, some not—shine with a mysterious appeal for Ben, luring him into the city. The deeper he goes, the narrower the rooms and alleyways become, in inverse proportion to the world of the protagonist's memories, which come alive and spread outward to China, America, and the past his parents' generation lived through. Full of intense longing and pointed social critique, this is a tale that crosses many borders., Praise for Levy Hideo:Have we failed to catch the calm but earnest tone that echoes like music through Levy Hideo's prose? With his unique literary voice, this writer clearly represents a new kind of novelist for Japanese literature. As a superior symbol of mutual understanding between two languages and two nations, this accomplishment surely rivals the work of Masao Miyoshi., An engaging coming-of-age novel that resonates with Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo's A Personal Matter in its exploration of the complexities of sexual identity and the longing for cultural hybridity. Christopher D. Scott's conscientious translation evokes the grittiness of his young protagonist's quest yet also the compassion and tenderness of Levy Hideo's novel., Discovering this book is like meeting a fascinating person. Never before and never since have I encountered such a magical book. As a freshly peeled fruit, the language's flavor is raw and alive: ripe with intellect and replete with seeds. Seventeen-year-old Ben Isaac escapes from the confines of the American consulate in Yokohama where his father works and slips into the urban jungle of civilization called Tokyo. The characters written on the signs around him--some readable, some not--shine with a mysterious appeal for Ben, luring him into the city. The deeper he goes, the narrower the rooms and alleyways become, in inverse proportion to the world of the protagonist's memories, which come alive and spread outward to China, America, and the past his parents' generation lived through. Full of intense longing and pointed social critique, this is a tale that crosses many borders.
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2010-044577
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
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