by T. Coraghessan Boyle · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330317191
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«East Is East» is the literary fiction novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle, published by Picador in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Young Hiro Tanaki, a Japanese sailor schooled in the way of the samurai, jumps ship off the coast of Georgia and lands on an island with Southerners, descendants of slaves, retirees and artists. The coexistence turns into a tragicomedy of cultural misunderstandings, mistaken identities, love, jealousy and betrayal.
The novel, originally published in 1990, appeared in this Picador edition on 7 August 1992.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction who appreciate humour, cultural satire and eccentric characters.
Thomas Coraghessan Boyle is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published thirty one novels and more than 150 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1988, for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York.
