An I-Novel by Minae Mizumura (Paperback Book)

An I-Novel by Minae Mizumura (Paperback Book)

Columbia University Press

Minae Mizumura\u2019s An I-Novel is a semi-autobiographical work that takes place over the course of a single day in the 1980s. Minae is a Japanese expatriate graduate student who has lived in the United States for two decades but turned her back on the English language and American culture. After a phone call from her older sister reminds her that it is the twentieth anniversary of their family\u2019s arrival in New York, she spends the day reflecting in solitude and over the phone with her sister about their life in the United States, trying to break the news that she has decided to go back to Japan and become a writer in her mother tongue.\nPublished in 1995, this formally daring novel radically broke with Japanese literary tradition. It liberally incorporated English words and phrases, and the\n\nAn I-Novel\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised is as l;

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