Brazil-Maru (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Karen Tei Yamashita | knygos.lt

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An "immensely entertaining" historical novel about Japanese immigrants and their struggle to make a home in a Brazilian rainforest (Newsday).

In 1925, a band of Japanese immigrants arrive in Brazil to carve a utopia out of the jungle. Yamashita conjures "an intricate and fascinating epoch" (San Diego Review) where the dream of creating a new world, the cost of idealism, the symbiotic tie between a people and the land they settle, and the changes demanded by a new generation all collide in a "splendid multi-generational novel . . . rich in history and character" (San Francisco Chronicle).

"Warm, compassionate, engaging, and thought-provoking." --The Washington Post

"Yamashita's heightened sense of passion and absurdity, and respect for inevitability and personality, infuse this engrossing multigenerational immigrant saga with energy, affection, and humor." --Booklist

"Poignant and remarkable." --Philadelphia Inquirer

"With a subtle ominousness, Yamashita sets up her hopeful, prideful characters--and, in the process, the entire genre of pioneer lit--for a fall." --Village Voice

"Full of sad and poignant scenes and some hilarious ones, too." -- Star Tribune

"Historically informative and emotionally complex." --Bloomsbury Review

"Unique and entertaining." --International Examiner

"Particularly insightful." --Library Journal

"Informative and timely." --Kirkus Reviews