Chorus of Mushrooms: 20th Anniversary Edition (Nunatak First Fiction Series Book 5)

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. "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." Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Caribbean and Canadian Region)! Co-winner of the Canada-Japan Book Award! Hiromi Goto's debut novel has become a Canadian classic. It is a powerful narrative of three generations of Japanese Canadian women on the Canadian prairies. Funny, scandalous, and melancholic, this superlative narrative is filled with echoes and retellings, memories and Japanese folk tales. From The Tale of Genji to the Calgary Stampede, from 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. The Second World War are beginning to burn down, but Sharon Lacey, legendary Canadian aviatrix, is not out of danger just yet. Complication enters the young ace's life as deep-seated racial and class prejudice, fifth columnists and secret ideologies, and even her own killer history begin to threaten her hard-fought reputation, while a new and wonderful secret might just prove to be her undoing Hiromi Goto. Includes Bibliographical References. Issued Also In Electronic Format.